Dreaded Druid Hills 10k Continued...

Actual race footage from PJ's win this weekend!

Western States

Congrats to friend-of-the-Dojo and future Comrades 2013 participate Ben Horne for finishing the Western States 100 Miler this past weekend in 22:34:08, good for 89th place among all finishers. Big belt buckle for Ben!

Here is Ben sporting the Dojo Logo at the start line:

Weekend Racing Roundup - June 23-24

Big weekend, with two races, two wins!

Dreaded Druid Hills 10k:

In a few short years, PJ has transformed himself from "not a belly-itcher" baseball pitcher to top flight road racing machine.  This weekend marked another milestone, as PJ took home first place in the Dreaded Druid Hills 10k.  You've got to admire anyone who jumps in a race that titles it's website "WARNING: This is not a PR course!" While I can't find the finishing time anywhere, I did find this modest post-win interview:



Big congratulations to PJ!


Epic Family 5k:

I spent the weekend down in Orlando, Florida, celebrating the wedding of an old college buddy. Jumped in the Epic Family 5k, hosted by the Orange County Parks and Rec Department, to get a little tempo workout in while waiting for the festivities to begin. Organizers were super-friendly folks, I had a great time. Also managed to take home the win, in about 17:05.

Lawyers Have Heart 10k Recap

Lots of Dojo action this weekend at the Lawyers Have Heart 10k. The weather was warm, but WAY better than any other year I've run it. It showed in the times, with great performances all around. Here the results:
MEN
PLACE NO. FIRST NAME LAST NAME AGE SEX CITY STATE Guntime ChipTime PACE DIV Age Division Place Overall Sex Place
16 671 DANIEL YI 32 M ALEXANDRIA VA 0:34:53 0:34:53 5:37 M3034 4 16
21 535 P.J. MARTINEZ 31 M WASHINGTON DC 0:35:32 0:35:32 5:44 M3034 7 21
22 1808 HENRY WIGGLESWORTH 54 M WASHINGTON DC 0:35:38 0:35:37 5:45 M5054 1 22
67 518 CHRISTOPHER ANGELL 31 M WASHINGTON DC 0:39:10 0:39:08 6:19 M3034 22 64
172 3204 MATTHEW NEWMAN 42 M WASHINGTON DC 0:42:27 0:42:18 6:49 M4044 14 150
WOMEN
115 2435 JULIA PUDLIN 27 F WASHINGTON DC 0:40:32 0:40:30 6:32 F2529 4 13
355 521 SARAH BURNHAM 27 F ARLINGTON VA 0:45:21 0:45:17 7:18 F2529 28 59
550 552 BROOKE WRIGHT 30 F WASHINGTON DC 0:48:36 0:47:34 7:40 F3034 21 113
If I am missing anyone's result, please let me know!
A few items of note:
* A couple crucial late scratches from this race, with Pemberton and Pruitt being sidelined. Possible dramatic effect on the large law firm team competition.
* Training with the Dojo must work, because after just a couple weeks with us, Matthew Newman set a 10K PR, bettering his previous best by 15 seconds (set in Bruseels in December 2011).
* Congrats to Henry for winning his age group AND coming in 2nd in the Masters category!!!
* We snagged three of six available "Fastest Attorney" spots, with Julia coming in 3rd for women, and PJ and me taking 3rd and 1st for men.

Comrades Marathon 2013 - Who's In?

Comrades Marathon 2012 was held earlier today. For those that are unfamiliar with Gareth's exploits last year, Comrades is a legendary 56 mile race run between Pietermartizburg and Durban, South Africa, with 18,000 participants. Anyway, this seems as good a time as any to announce that the Dojo is going to South Africa, en masse, for Comrades Marathon in June 2013. As it stands, we have firm to semi-firm blood oaths from me (Dan), Brian, Alan, and Geoff. Amanda has offered to serve as "chef de mission." And the more the merrier. Registration opens in September 2013. If you are interested in going, let me know so we can get a group organized. See you in Durban next June.