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robp
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 Posted: 07/02/05 - 15:33 Post subject: Rolling Rock 5 mile Race Report
It was a dark and stormy night.... oh wait, that's what the weatherman called for but he screwed up. It was a hot and muggy evening in beautiful Latrobe, Pa. - perfect for sitting around and drinking beer but not quite perfect for a race.
A 3 hr drive along with Rolling Rock's excellent directions put in me in the parking lot of the Stupor 8 motel around 2:45 pm. Akern and her hubby arrived not long after and another meeting of RiffRaff personnel took place. Rolling Rock kindly picked us up in the Weinermobile and we went back to the Rock residence to meet her family, shoot the breeze and discuss what was on tap for after the race. Many thanks to Mr. Rock for supplying sufficient brewskis and being the grill master.
Didn't take much to warm up for this one - some stretching and a half mile or so of easy running and I had a good sweat going. Race start was on a nice wide road and there wasn't the usual traffic jam of bodies. The race course itself was pretty hilly, no real monsters but a couple of pretty good ones in mile 3 that took some of the steam out of my sails. The only downside to the whole course that I saw was a lot of turns, I don't think any one straightaway was more than a few hundred yards long.
Mile 1: 6:20.7 with some downhill helping to carry me along
Mile 2: 6:54.8 as I backed down off the 6:20 pace somewhat
Mile 3: 6:56.9 I worked harder in this mile than of them due to the hills
Mile 4: 7:05.2  bogged down a bit here, probably aftereffects of 3
Mile 5: 6:41.4 started feeling decent again in the last mile and had a pretty good kick.
Overall time was 34:00 flat (6:48 pace) good enough for 4th in my AG out of 40 some runners. I'm not going to complain one bit. It was around 84 degs at race start and the course was hillier than I'm used to so I'm happy with my time.
The Rock family were wonderful hosts and fed my hungry ass both Friday night and Saturday morning. Achey and her dh are super nice people and it was great to meet them also plus we had a post race visit from Keltic and he joined in on the festivities afterwards. I'd do this race again in heartbeat with this crew - I had a really nice time.
PS Sue stole the racing limelight but I ain't gonna steal her thunder - she can post it herself.
Men 45 - 49
700 15 1 S Mark Courtney, 49, Grove City, PA 28:49 5:46
196 41 2 Ron Blake, 45, Armagh, PA 31:26 6:17
190 45 3 Charlie Weaver, 46, Belle Vernon, PA 31:47 6:21
426 63 4 Rob Perrera, 45 34:00 6:48
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Posted: 07/02/05 - 16:10 Post subject:
Well done Rob! Most excellent report and race. 
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Posted: 07/02/05 - 16:18 Post subject:
Smoking good time! 84 degrees, yuck!! Wish I could have joined you guys.
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Posted: 07/02/05 - 16:21 Post subject:
Nice racing and report, Rob! Congrats!!! 
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Posted: 07/02/05 - 16:43 Post subject:
Nice job Rob!
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Posted: 07/02/05 - 17:37 Post subject:
Nice race Rob!
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keltic63
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Posted: 07/02/05 - 18:11 Post subject:
Great Race and Excellent report! good to see you again. maybe next year I'll be up for this race!
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gretriever
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Posted: 07/02/05 - 18:24 Post subject:
| keltic63 wrote: | | Great Race and Excellent report! good to see you again. maybe next year I'll be up for this race! |
Nice reminder to ask the obvious - will there be the subsequent posting of pictures from anyone?
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robp
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Posted: 07/02/05 - 18:46 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | | Nice reminder to ask the obvious - will there be the subsequent posting of pictures from anyone? |
Sue and Akern both took photos. Dipstick here did not. I will be the envy of all the RR mins as I am in a photo with these two hot riffraff wimmins. 
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gretriever
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Posted: 07/02/05 - 19:52 Post subject:
| robp wrote: |
Sue and Akern both took photos. Dipstick here did not. I will be the envy of all the RR mins as I am in a photo with these two hot riffraff wimmins. |
Well that goes without saying.
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Posted: 07/02/05 - 20:14 Post subject:
Man! You are FAST!!!!!!!!!!!
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rolling rock
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Posted: 07/02/05 - 21:15 Post subject:
you ran a super race rob; such a great time - 4th out of 50 in your age group is fantastic.  super strong run for you.
thanks so much for making the trip.
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Posted: 07/03/05 - 00:22 Post subject:
 Wow, that is fast! Way to go Rob. Excellent race.
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Posted: 07/03/05 - 08:11 Post subject:
sounds like lots of fun! ... congrats on the race too! 
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Posted: 07/05/05 - 07:13 Post subject:
Congrats on a great race!
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