Final Frostbite Results

The 2009-2010 Frostbite Series is over. I finished 8th in my age group in the 15K yesterday, officially clocking 70:52 (PR since I’ve never ran the distance before). I finished 76th out of the dudes and was chicked by 16 ladies, including two who are older then me. That’s a chicking+geezering!

Let’s recap shall we – the items I needed to have happen to place 7th for the series:

1) Jonathan Visky must not show up. Jonathan DID show up and finished 2nd in our division. Congrats to him, but I didn’t pass him in the standings.
2) I need to finish seventh in my age group among runners who are entered in the series in the 15K. Accomplished! I finished 8th, but two guys who beat me weren’t entered in the series so sixth place it was. Good for 25 points and a series total of 70.
3) I need to finish two places ahead of John Brenner. My nemesis. He came to play, but in our duel, he finished 12th, 9th among series entrants. I nudged him out by three positions, passing him in the overall standings. John – you ran a great series. Hopefully we’ll continue our dueling on the roads of St. Louis in the future.
4) I must finish no further then one position behind Kenneth Fagan, David Donald, and Michael Stanard. Mission accomplished. All three of these guys either finished behind me or didn’t show up.
5) I must finish no further then two positions behind Doug Roley and three positions behind Terry Jones and Peter Fischer. Mission accomplished. Doug didn’t show, I beat Peter by five spots, and Terry finished one position ahead of me.

Oh yeah – Neil Berry did show up so he held me off in the series standings. He finished well down in the race, only pointed the five points for showing up, but that gave him 75 and I’m at 70.

One other runner ahead of me in the series had only run in one race, so he was going to fall off the list regardless. So, my passing of John and holding off everyone behind me, puts me into 8th place!

So, unofficially (I’m sure certification will follow shortly), I’m the 8th greatest male endurance runner aged 40-44 in the St. Louis area. I await your congratulations!