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6 50M 10:55:27 60 8 William Murphy 35 M Chicago IL

that's 60th place for bib number six! Both are nice low numbers.

I was the last of the field to finish before the 11 hour cutoff: 10:55:27.

Happiest moment? Seeing Ken; a friend from the AT. Low: when my right knee started refusing to jog anymore before mile thirty.

Again some day. Next one will not be on pavement. That hurt. Faster too next time.

I good friend writes to say he's going to be at Campo next April headed north again on the PCT. I couldn't help but write back with this most excellent poem someone shared with me yesterday ( Read more... )

This is mostly "record keeping" for me... Here's my result from 2007,
976 85 WILLIAM MURPHY CHICAGO IL M 33 13:06 5:43:30.8

and from this past weekend:
361 52 WILLIAM MURPHY CHICAGO IL M 35 1:51:16.4 2:47:29.4 09:13 4:01:39.7 (This year they had split times & 1/2 and 3/4 of the way.)

That's dang near 4min/mile faster!

I ran a 5k just over a week ago and am pleased with the results:
45 378 4275 WILLIAM MURPHY CHICAGO IL 23:07 7:27
That's 45th out of men 35-39, 378th out of 3500 people, bib #4275, my time & my per-mile pace.

This weekend the Indy Marathon. At the end of the month a 50 (ultra). Hope I'm up for it!

The internet has progressed quite a bit while I was hiking. Why didn't someone tell me about this? <http://www.randomkittengenerator.com/>

Is there any other late-breaking-internet news I should catch up on?