P.I.T. Sweet Tee debuted at the half marathon distance today. Being the son of a race director and therefore friends with all the other race directors has it’s privileges, and being able to hang out at the front of the start line with the race officials is just one of them: here Sweet Tee poses with T3 and Exec Director Chris Lieberman.
So after saying hi to all their friends at the race, T3 and Sweet Tee lined up and waited for the starting gun. When the shotgun went off they quickly settled into a brisk pace (about 7:48) and enjoyed the sunshine, the crowds and the simple pleasure of running. That lasted for about 10 miles, then it got a little harder to maintain their pace. But maintain they did. The Route 66 Marathon and Half Marathon course starts fast and flat so that it can end by taking the runners through a series of grueling hills. Somehow through the hills the Pirañas actually picked it up a little and managed to finish out the 13.1 at 7:44 pace for a 1:41:03 finish:
Meanwhile, a phone call to Mav and Weeble finds them at mile 16 on pace for about a 5 hour marathon! T3 and Sweet Tee are going to go and find out what happened…