Does anyone within an 8-hour drive of Chicago want to race me on Friday, September 20th?

How far was this race? What were times?

mteverest wrote:

i wasnt even finding the idea cool to meet up with a stranger and race. i dont get why everyone is so giddy about it.

These same people enjoy watching Sleepless In Seattle.

Good stuff Aurora. Pity about those pics though.

Anyway, great race, great recap! Thanks!

Nice recap but reminded me of a Penthouse Forum entry(is that still around?): an agreed upon meetup, details of the event, then it's over but I'll always have the memories. He just needed to start off with "Never thought this would happen to me but..."

asdfasf wrote:

Nice recap but reminded me of a Penthouse Forum entry(is that still around?): an agreed upon meetup, details of the event, then it's over but I'll always have the memories. He just needed to start off with "Never thought this would happen to me but..."

And just like the penthouse Forum, it has the same validity. What were the negative split times of both runners?

Conundrum wrote:

What were the negative split times of both runners?

Positive splits. I was 5:38 at the mile. I think OP was 5:33 or 5:34.

First of all, sorry about the ridiculous delay in posting here again. The rest of the weekend was crazy...no cell phone reception (don't go to Northern Wisconsin if you have Sprint) and I didn't really have any time anyway. The second leg of my flight back was cancelled so I didn't get home til Monday, and I never have time for anything during the week (I work 10 hours a day M-Th).

I don't know how I can prove that a race actually occurred--there were no spectators unless you count the high school soccer and tennis team practices. What I can do is prove I exist. Here's my Twitter account:

https://twitter.com/LukeTheRunner

which has been around since I believe 2006, and I'll upload a picture of my return plane tickets. If you think I flew to and from Chicago and, rather than race a guy, made up a story about doing so, well, I don't know what to tell you. That would be the weirdest, most hilariously pointless trolling of all time.

Anyway, AR summarized the race pretty well; I will just add a couple things from my point of view. When I met him I got nervous about losing, since I was pretty much expecting a 50-year-old (he told me after the race that he'd expected a D1-college, sub-14 guy). Definitely was worried when he took it out hard, but I reminded myself that he had first suggested a 1000m race, so chances were he didn't have a ton of endurance. Stayed close for the first half mile, and after the hill (which was a lot steeper than it looks in the picture he uploaded) on the way out I noticed I'd gotten a step on him so I told myself "have to go now" and made a hard move. After that I just maintained the gap as best I could. In the last half-mile I started to get a sideache--I hadn't gotten a sideache in at least a year, but I hadn't had nearly enough water in the car. Around the last couple turns I was able to look back to make sure he didn't run me down. Whatever I had left was enough, but I did hurt for a bit after I finished.

Thanks again for the race, AR. I didn't end up going to Jalisco's afterward, because my stomach wasn't feeling great and I wanted to get back on the road.

If anyone is passing through Eugene and wants to race me, I'm always up for it. You all know how fast (slow) I am now, but on my "home course" I think I could take on almost anyone.

That is not the way it happened at all.

Above poster is not the real Aurora resident. OP's commentary is spot on. Luke, if I ever find myself in Eugene, count on a rematch!

-Luke

OK, call me naive, but I believe this happened.

We should take it to the next level - Crowd Running. Lets have a few Lets Runners take each other on.......

As do I. The level of trolling required seems too intense at this point.

This is super cool. As another western suburbanite I too wish I had seen this thread before now.

Spontaneous races!

This concept seems fun!

Thanks for the race reports, Luke and Luke! I love your spontaneity and idea of fun (no reference to Will Self).

BUMP! This thread is bull crap.

You gave it away when you said, "he road tripped out to Indy that morning."

INDY is 4 hours from Aurora and the race started at 5.

Pretty much this.

vxcvxcvxcvxc wrote:

BUMP! This thread is bull crap.

You gave it away when you said, "he road tripped out to Indy that morning."

INDY is 4 hours from Aurora and the race started at 5.