Race Reports for Celtic Solstice Five Miler

Race Reports for Celtic Solstice Five Miler 2008

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Race rating (4)

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Race rating (5)

Comments: 4th year running this, but this was my 3rd best time of the 4. Ran it a minute faster last year and 20 seconds faster 2 years ago. Lack of any real mileage and speedwork showed. It continues to be a great race with the best prime for registering which is why so many sign up for it. Now ..... there were some issues with the timing chips. About 100 people did not have starting times even though they crossed. So there was a mess up in the standings. It actually has me as 3rd in my AG! But I know for sure that there were 2 fellow HC Striders that are in my AG that were ahead of me. When you look at their times, it only shows the actual time they crossed the finish line. When you compare that to mine, they were 3 - 4 minutes before me. That is why I placed myself in 5th in the AG and around 45th overall - even though preliminary results say 3rd in AG and 37th overall. We'll see how things pan out. Even though I was slower, that would be the best AG and overall placings for the

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