It was another lovely day for our second straight weekend on the banks of the Ohio River for the 3rd annual Mother's Day Eve Iron Mom Half Marathon. An early 6:30AM start, mid-50s temps, and a cloudy morning made for an excellent distance running venue....as excellent as that activity gets, at least. MADKAP shirts were briskly and bipedally transported through the streets of America's "Quilt City" - Paducah, Kentucky - but only after the singularly important pre-race question was posed to nearly 1000 individual and relay runners, "Are you ready to run like a mother?".
Despite forgoing pre-race mani/pedis and an absence of athletic accoutrement accessorizing (consonantal alliteration for you readers here only for the grammar), apparently we were. This author managed a 1:28:08 which was good enough on this day to win the Male Master's (read: old people) division, and Counselor Tom dropped his handbag to demonstrate his customary final mile kick and consolidate a high age group finish in 1:43:44.
Off-road we go next weekend onto the trails of Raccoon Mountain in Chattanooga for the 4th of four straight half marathons. Thanks for following our progress and for your support. We're approximately 70% to our $25,000 fund-raising goal and would appreciate you sharing the word with as many people as possible so we can reach $25K by the end of June and turn that $25K into $50K with the help of WKU's matching funds. Thanks again!
{post-race ~50 feet south of the finish line by the Ohio River in downtown Paducah - Illinois is in the background}
