I’ve been so busy I really haven’t had a chance to report on one of the races I did about a month ago. On Valentines Day Erica and I ran in the "Skirt Chaser 5k" in Tempe AZ. The premise of the race is this...the females get a 3 minute head start on the males. Hence..the skirt chaser. What better way to celebrate Valentines Day 
than a friendly battle of the sexes right! 3 Minutes is a lot to make up in a 5k (3.1 miles), but I was up for the challenge. I really didn’t expect to make it up. My strategy was to just run as hard as I could and hold on for as long as I could. It didn’t take long for me to start passing some of the women but they were the slow ones and Erica is not slow. I knew I would be running harder than her but I started to think that even if I run hard enough to catch her, she would have more left in the tank to kick it in than I would. Needless to say it was never an issue. I was able to make up 2 minutes but still finished a minute behind her. Single runners were encouraged to wear a sticker to mark their singleness during the run and at the after party. The men may have been handicapped in the run by starting 3 minutes behind but they were given the advantage at the after party of 2 free beers AND 2 free glasses of wine given to all runners. This may have helped out the dateless males of the group. Oh by the way, one guy did pass Erica right at the finish line. He was wearing a skirt…I’m not sure he understood the rules.
than a friendly battle of the sexes right! 3 Minutes is a lot to make up in a 5k (3.1 miles), but I was up for the challenge. I really didn’t expect to make it up. My strategy was to just run as hard as I could and hold on for as long as I could. It didn’t take long for me to start passing some of the women but they were the slow ones and Erica is not slow. I knew I would be running harder than her but I started to think that even if I run hard enough to catch her, she would have more left in the tank to kick it in than I would. Needless to say it was never an issue. I was able to make up 2 minutes but still finished a minute behind her. Single runners were encouraged to wear a sticker to mark their singleness during the run and at the after party. The men may have been handicapped in the run by starting 3 minutes behind but they were given the advantage at the after party of 2 free beers AND 2 free glasses of wine given to all runners. This may have helped out the dateless males of the group. Oh by the way, one guy did pass Erica right at the finish line. He was wearing a skirt…I’m not sure he understood the rules. 
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