^z 25th August 2024 at 8:10am
🐰 arrives a minute late – "Go, go!" says Race Director Danny Talmidge.
"No, you have to show me the official Starting Line!" replies 🐇. He stands behind the white tape on the sidewalk and hits the start button. "Now I can go!"
Much walking on the hills ensues, along with cheering fast runners along. Official results: 170th place of 203 finishers, 117/120 males, 6/6 in the 70-74 year male group, with a time (not accounting for the ~90 second late start) of 45:02 – holding up the bib like a mug-shot sign for the photographer, and bending down to get the timing chip close to the sensor mats, since there wasn't time to put them on properly!
3.26 mi 43:29 13:19 /mi