Gordo Running

No, we didn't have anyone named Carl on the team.  Nor are we a team made up of solely men.  To be honest, I'm not sure where the team name came from.  But, that's who we were, Carl and the Boyz. I've been wanting to do a crazy long relay like this for a while now.  My brother, cousin, and uncle did Hood to Coast in 2008 and, even before I started running, it sounded amazing.  I like running (obviously) but this race seemed to hearken back to a childish sense of adventure.  Not only an adventure, but people to enjoy it with.  If I'm feeling weak, I have other people to bring me back up.  Also, I weirdly like planning things.  The logistics of getting people to run over a hundred miles together seems like an interesting challenge.  I tried to get a team together for the Gulf Coast Interstate Relay (which no longer exists) a few years back but that fell through, costing me a few hundred dollars.  I have also now done four Beach to Bay relays (2017 write up here ).  S

Unintentionally, October is going to be race month.  I have at least one race per weekend all month.  This past weekend I ran the Shannon Pink Ribbon Run 5k.  The race is by far the largest in San Angelo and raises money for breast cancer research and care. Overhead shot of runners gathering for the 5k/10k start (photo credit: Shannon Medical Center)  Because it is so large, it typically attracts the fastest runners in town.  This year was no exception and the field was even faster than last year's.  Last year I ran 21:08 and placed 4th, that time would have placed me 11th this year.  One of my students, a former D1 800m runner, won the 5k with a 17:12 and a former Angelo State University runner won the 10k in 37:06, 3 minutes in front of 2nd place!  The only negative about the race is that it's just a little short.  The 5k course is just shy of 3 miles and the 10k course is about 6 miles.  All in all, it's a fun race for a great cause.  It's definitely a race I w