Spencer sizzles in Balboa Park

Recent alum Spencer Johnson has moved out here to San Diego (we spent a few hours with him at the zoo on Monday ... neat!). On Saturday morning, he made us proud (as he always does) by representing our program in fine fashion by winning the oldest race in this town, the Balboa Park 8-Miler, which has been run for more than 60 years. No, we didn't get a chance to see him at this race as it was quite early and we were still weary from traveling to town. Anyway! Here’s his email and photo from the race:

Here’s my splits and pictures from the Balboa Park 8 Miler.  Overall it was a fun race and a good tempo/tuneup for my half marathon in two weeks.  It was pretty humid and mile 6 was somewhat sandy and a steep uphill which slowed me down a bit.
Mile 1: 5:14
Mile 2: 5:20
Mile 3: 5:12
Mile 4: 5:21
Mile 5: 5:14
Mile 6: 5:53
Mile 7: 5:17
Mile 8: 4:57
Official overall time: 42:34.07