Run for the Roses

I ran the Run for the Roses again this year. It was the last weekend in June, just before the Red, White and Boom.

Last year I did okay in the 5k but this year I ran the 10k to get some miles in before the half marathon.

Surprisingly, I got 2nd overall! There wasn't a huge bit of competition other than the young guy who finished first but I kept chipping away the whole race. I was in 10th or so after about a quarter mile, and by mile 1 I was in third. It took me a couple miles to get the older guy in front of me but I got him and didn't look back, though I was in second by like five minutes. Yikes, too bad I wasn't closer.

Anyway, I was 2nd in 39:48, 6:25 per mile.

Here is the link for the results. Run for the Roses 2010 10k Results.

Run For The Roses 10K Run
Roseville, Minnesota June 26, 2010

Place	Div/Tot	No.	Name	Age	Gen	City	State	Time	Pace
1	1/2	920	Steven Dado	17	M	Stillwater	MN	34:09	5:30
2	1/6	1834	Joel Dischinger	27	M	Roseville	MN	39:48	6:25
3	1/14	1000	Brett Churel	32	M	Roseville	MN	40:56	6:36
4	1/6	906	Darby Baranick	16	F	Woodbury	MN	41:05	6:37
5	1/13	1805	Edward Hudella	44	M	North Branch	MN	41:28	6:41
6	1/16	970	Katie Salvatore	22	F	Shoreview	MN	41:30	6:41
7	2/13	1824	Lawrence Callanan	40	M	St Paul	MN	41:41	6:43
8	1/20	922	James Doelle	55	M	Roseville	MN	42:58	6:55
9	3/13	995	Richard Ziegler	42	M			43:25	7:00
10	2/14	902	John Anderson	32	M	St Paul	MN	43:28	7:00
11	2/20	960	David Peterson	54	M	Shoreview	MN	43:28	7:00
12	2/6	968	Bill Rosenthal	29	M	Roseville	MN	43:33	7:01
13	2/16	901	Johanna Anderson	29	F	St Paul	MN	43:36	7:01
14	2/6	1818	Sophia Ristau	17	F	St Paul	MN	43:47	7:03
15	3/14	981	Christopher Vitalis	38	M	Hugo	MN	44:02	7:06

And here are a few photos from the run.