My race this last week was the Dallas Running Club 3x2xC Relay on August 7, 2010 at Norbuck Park in Dallas Texas. I signed up as a volunteer to help out with the registration area, so I got there a bit early. I had a race at this same location in the Too Hot to Handle 5k a few weeks ago, so I was thinking we were going to run on the street like a normal race, but instead there was a 2 mile trail loop with hills to climb and go down.
This was a relay race, so I needed to find a team. I was proud to be picked to run with the Herrera brothers, Ramon and Mario. One of the brothers has a 15 year old son who could not run so I was their third member which moved them from the Submaster division to the Master Male division.
I took some pictures of me before the race and of others which are attached. Before the race I checked out some of the sponsors like Run-On, and did my stretching a little jogging to warm up. Ramon started the race and got us off to a great start. Then it was my turn. I didn't know what to expect, so I took off at a faster pace than usual. I knew I just had to run 2 miles instead of 3.1, but I'm used to running on a street, not uneven terrain. The first part seemed easy, but further up the trail there was gravel and rocks, and I had to watch out for holes. I had to keep looking down so I wouldn't fall down.
There were bails of hay for us to jump over or go around. With my bad hips, I decided to just go around them. I got to the 1 mile marker and started to run even harder. There was a steep hill to run up, then back to level ground. The finish line was down a steep hill to a flat grassy area where I handed off the baton to Mario who finished the race for Team Herrera. There was only a team time posted after the race, so I don't know exactly what my individual time was.
Together we ran the 6 mile relay in 54:20:95, which was a 9:03 min/mile pace. We finished 12 out of 15 in the Master Division.
We had a volunteer party with food, drinks, and snacks and had a short fun watermelon relay, where people ran around holding watermelons. I was too tired to participate, so I just took pictures.
I want to personally thank Ramon and Mario who asked me to join their team. I also want to thank them for becoming new followers to my web site www.runningforacause.tumblr.com. On a side note, I went in Monday for a video interview for Cure Magazine's website ( http://www.curetoday.com/). The written interview should be in the issue coming out September 22. On Tuesday I did a video interview for my sponsor at USMD Prostate Cancer Center. I'm not sure when that Will be up on their site ( http://www.usmdpcc.com/). If you are a cancer patient or have a family member who has cancer, please check out my message on these sites when they come out.
Regards,
Teddy. I run to raise awareness for prostate cancer and to benefit my community. Visit my blog | 
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