Again I came in 6th place in the Masters 40+ category, but I was not too disappointed. There was some out-of-state competition with us today and they laid down the law, even beating the 30+ guys (Masters 30+/40+ race combined but are scored separately).
I had seriously debated whether to go to this race because my work week had been so hectic *and* mainly because I was on my feet performing very late last night. However, I showed up in Macon after getting only 4 hours of sleep.
In the race, I ended up going head-to-head with Lamar (reigning 40+ champ) Mauney. He had a better start but I caught and eventually got a small gap on him. At the very end of the final lap I could see Lamar was closing the gap, so I took a risk that didn't pay off and caused me to botch the final "sand pit" obstacle. Still in front of Lamar, I pushed hard trying to recover the lost seconds, but blew-up right before the final climb to the finish. I suppose the legs were OK but my concentration suffered from insufficient sleep, ultimately forcing me to relinquish the 5th place that I had held for much of the race.
Teammates Bob Kuhn scored 3rd in the 30+, Wojtek Wysocki finished 9th in the 40+ meanwhile last week's 40+ winner, Gerard Remery, was unable to attend.
Posted by dancoy at October 30, 2004 05:39 PM