Rahr & Sons Oktoberfest 5K

My race this week, on Saturday, September 25th was the inaugural running of the Rahr & Sons Oktoberfest 5K at their location which is off of Main Street in Fort Worth, TX. The race was set up to benefit the Trinity Habitat for Humanity in the Fort Worth area. There were a bunch of sponsors at this race, including Central Market, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Team in Training, Jerry Glover Photography (who has the best racing pictures in the DFW area by the way. The attached picture is from Jerry), and DFW Runs who organized this race for Rahr & Sons.   I started about 4 or 5 rows back. The race started at 9:00am in the rain, and just like last week, the race was started by Cliff Couch. This was my first ever race in the rain, and I had to leave my glasses in the car since I couldn't see with the rain falling over the lenses. Unfortunately, that means that I couldn't see all the beautiful women during this race. The rain was not too bad to start, but the streets were full of water so you had to watch where you stepped. By the end of the race my shoes were soaked; you just could not miss all of the big puddles.   I took off like last week at a steady quick pace for the first mile or so, then there were a few inclines which slowed me down. There was a water stop at 1.9 miles, and I slowed to get a cup of water (kind of ironic since it was raining), then picked up my pace again. After the 2 mile marker I gave it all I had but my time was slower than last week. I blame the rain. We started the race with us runners turning right out of the Rahr Brewery, and we finished by going through downtown Fort Worth and turning back into the brewery. Again there was no turnaround for this race, which I like. Everyone had a great time after the race, with the food and drinks (if you know what I mean). We weren't going to let a little rain spoil the race and a great cause. My final line in male 55-59 division:   Place   Bib#  Age   Chip Time    Gun Time   Overall     Male                                    9/20    495    58       28:57           28:59     236/745  175/395   You can see pictures of the race on Jerry Glover's website:   here - here - here - here - here   You can see the complete results here.   As most of you already know, my interview and article with Cure Magazine came out a few days ago. Story by Don Vaughan, photographed and produced by Glenn Zamora, interview by Lena Huang. You can find it at my site. Just so you know, you will need to download Apple Quicktime if you don't already have it so that you can see the video (which is basically a photo slideshow with my voiceover).   Also, I always forget to say this, but if you no longer want me to send you my running blog, please let me know. I run to raise awareness for prostate cancer and to benefit my community. Visit my blog