Santa Barbara Running & Racing: Inaugural (and hopefully only) SBRR CV 19 5000.....3/21/20 and 3/22/2020

Sunday, March 22, 2020

Inaugural (and hopefully only) SBRR CV 19 5000.....3/21/20 and 3/22/2020

In lieu of the cancelled Carlsbad 5000, Maggie, Lynette, Elizabeth, Rich and Rusty "raced" a 5000 on the track and Jill Christ raced in her neighborhood. Maggie raced alone on Saturday and ran a stellar 22:32 which meets the national Age Group standard at 88% (over 80% is considered National Class, 90% considered world class)....Congrats Maggie!

On Sunday, Rich and Rusty Raced with Rich coming in at 17:32 and Rusty 16:01. Rich was 79.08-81% depending on the age graded calculator and Rusty 90-92%. Given we were essentially doing a time trial alone, we are giving Rich the benefit of the doubt at National Class.

Last but not least, in the women's race, Elizabeth started 30seconds in front of Lynette, and ran a great race @20:15 (10 weeks ago she mentioned she didn't think she would be able to crack 22min!) while *Lynette raced a 20:23 which is 80% and national Class as well! *When Lynette crossed the finish line, she stated firmly "That was terrible! Fuck!"...ones for the history books no doubt:)

Jill Christ was training to race 9 Trials which along with everything else was cancelled so she raced a 5k on the roads in her neighborhood and ran 19:28! (30sec faster than her Resolution Run and 30sec away from her PR)...if she had anyone to race she would be real close to her PR. Great Job!