On Sunday April 24, 2011 I ran in both the Carrollton Running Club 1 Mile and the 5K at Mcinnish Park in Carrollton, TX. The temperature at race time was 72 degrees; it was cloudy with 14 mph 55 E winds blowing. The 1 mile started at 7:32 AM and 5K at 7:47 AM. If you pre-register for these Carrollton Running Club races, the fee is only $2.00 for one person and $5.00 for a family. You can also get this discount if you are a regular runner in the club with your own chip time number. The club also has a prediction run every week, where you try and guess what your final finishing time will be. It's always a fun time. I arrived early and took a slow jog around the 1 mile race course. My oldest son, John, arrived before the start of the 1 mile race, and took some pictures. I wanted to see how fast I could run the 1 mile race, so I tried really hard. There were 14 males and 4 female runners in the 1 mile event. I ended up finishing in the time of 7:26.67, which was good enough for 2nd place in my age division out of 5 runners. I finished 8 out of 18 overall. There was only about 7 minutes for me to rest before the start of the 5K. I lined up on the first row, feeling a little tired. Because of this, I started alot slower than I usually do for a normal race. My racing friend, Ken Ashby was right there with me to start the 5K race. Ken measures the Dallas Running Club and Plano Pacers Club races, and measured this race as well. He has raced in several races over the years, including marathons and other distance events. In the 1 and 1/2 years that I've been racing, I've never beaten Ken in a race. He pass me up during this race, and I told him that I had given it all I had in the 1 mile and that I would see him at the finish line. Even though I was tired, I was able to keep him in sight the whole race. I arrived at the 1 mile marker in 8:38. There was a clock at the halfway mark telling you how you ran each half of the race, which was pretty cool. I made it to the 2nd mile in 17:17 (a 8:38 / mile pace). I started slowing up, but told myself to let go and started speeding up a bit. My 3 mile time was 25:14 (a 7:57 / mile pace), and my final time was 26:34.08 (a 8:33 / mile pace for the race). Apparently, I ran the 1st half in 13:44 (27 place out of 38 runners) and 2nd half in 12:50 (14th place out of 38 runners), a 55 negative split. I finished 17 out of 28 men and 22 out of 38 overall runners, for the first time finishing ahead of my buddy Ken. Usually there are no awards given out at these low cost races, but since it was Easter Sunday, the race director Ruben Saguil handed out a few that he had left over from another race. I thought that by finishing ahead of Ken I might actually get 1st place, but it turns out that I finished 2nd place. David Mask won 1st place and Julio Lopez moved up to win the senior masters. My son took a few picture of me, including one with Laura Nelson who won female overall division in the time of 20:10:41, ending a streak she had where she ran 5 straight races in under 20 minutes. I also took a picture with Ruben. He is mainly a one man operation at the races with only a few volunteer helpers at the race. He's also a good runner, and ran the 1 mile in a quick 6:43:26. You can view the complete results here. 1 mile results: Place Men Overall Chip Time Age Grade 2/5 7/14 8/18 7:26:67 61.4% 5K results: Place Men Overall Chip Time Pace Age Grade 2/6 17/28 22/38 26:34:08 8:31:1 59.8% | 
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