Hamilton Hangover – Hamilton, New Jersey

January 1st, 2008 Posted in Running Races


When I awoke this morning, the rain was pouring against the skylight in our bedroom. I had doubts about the race at that point. Since the race was so close, I drove over early to get my t-shirt and bib number and then drove back home to chill. Thankfully, the rain stopped and the weather for the race wasn’t bad.


I tried my best New Year’s Eve–no hangover this morning. Champagne and Gatorade–the breakfast of champions.


Redhead fangirl and Phillygirl were awesome. They wore their New Year’s tiaras and had noisemakers. I saw them 4 times during the race. I heard them before I saw them. The other runners appreciated their spirit and enthusiasm. As we were walking back to our car, a runner stopped her car to tell them thank you and that they were great.


There was a one mile fun run before the 5 mile main event.


I lined up towards the back of the pack at the start. My goal was to run conservatively with a pace 8:30-9:00/mile.


As usual, I ran faster than I originally planned. I ran the first half of the race with a friend before he took off ahead of me. I didn’t get a chance to tell him, but he ran a great race. It was his first running race.

I sprinted the last tenth of a mile side by side with a 15 year girl. We finished with the same time: 40:24. My splits were: 8:50, 8:03, 8:01, 7:59, 7:31. Full race results can be found here.

The race was fun. I was happy to share it with the Redhead and PhillyGirl. It was a new course this year. I was surprised that there were no water stops. I’ve lost some conditioning with my recent low mileage, but I’m not that worried. This was a great way to start the new year.

Happy New Year!

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  1. 6 Responses to “Hamilton Hangover – Hamilton, New Jersey”

  2. By Bill Yorke on Jan 1, 2008

    Hahaha…Redhead fangirl and Phillygirl were great. Nice pics here and good race!

     

     

  3. By kiki on Jan 1, 2008

    Sounds like a fun race. Good Job. We got 11 inches of snow here, definitely be glad you didn’t have to run in that.

     

     

  4. By Redhead Fangirl on Jan 1, 2008

    I’ve learned to be a great spectator thanks to shoreturtle! Go turtle!

     

     

  5. By david on Jan 1, 2008

    Your pics made it look like a decent race day.

    Happy New Year! Go Blue (41-35)!

     

     

  6. By Frank on Jan 2, 2008

    Nice job! Cool pictures too – thanks for posting them.
    Haha, I remember seeing Redhead fangirl and Phillygirl along the course. I always appreciate the support of our spectators!

     

     

  7. By Rae on Jan 3, 2008

    Spect can be so much fun! Great job, with those times I don’t think you were hungover!!!

     

     

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