Beer and Bagel 2012

In the final run of the year, Turan and I again did the Beer and Bagel. It's always such a fun event and keeps me running.

This is was a little better too for a number of different reasons. One of them is preparation. We know more what time to arrive and how to pace ourselves. We brought along chairs to sit on and that was helpful too.

The run itself went backwards from last year's race. There were two water crossing areas and one deep ravine to cross. But they weren't filled with a ton of water like last year and that was so much better!

We ended up having a decent run despite the challenge of the hills at Quarry Oaks and we actually beat our time from last year. Oh and the chili, beer and bagels were great too!

Gun Time: 1:01:23 
Net Time:  49:17 
Net Time Pace: 11:36
Overall Place: 1431 of 2335 
Place in Gender: 723 of 937   
Division M4044 Place: 110 of 140

Havelock Run 2012

The 2012 Havelock Run was my best 10K to date as far as being in shape and the ease of it. Making the way into the open field straight east of Havelock seemed much better. Then even the turn into the south wind and the big climb up the hill on 84th Street wasn't bad at all. The turn into Mahoney Park was a little longer than I remember and more challenging because one of the lanes was closed off for cars. But as Kate and I pushed down past 70th Street it was an easy run into the park by Havelock. My goal is always to finish under an hour and it was really close! The Havelock was the first 10K I did four years ago in 2008 and I bested my time from the event. The final main running event of the year was a complete success!

368 Brian Reetz             Lincoln NE          42 M   1:02:03 10:00

Bolder Bolder 2012

This was the second time that I ran the Bolder Boulder. My goal going into the run as to have a good time and that is exactly what happened. Greg and I drove up from his house outside of Conifer
We got there just in time to just into our wave and took off. I wanted to take a bunch of photos along the way and they are all posted here too.
I felt so much better running it this time than last time. The altitude really affected me last time and this time I just felt like I could keep running all the time. I only grabbed water a couple of time because it was a perfect day to run.
The only drawback was that we didn't run in a timed wave start. So we were at the back of the pack behind many of the walkers so most of the time we were dodging and weaving through walkers but I don't think it affected my time that much. I just had a good time stopping and taking pics, like the one at the hula hoop, where I jumped in and did that hula hoop three times.
I can't wait to do this one again. It's always so much fun and the course is lined with people!


I just finished the DICK'S Sporting Goods BolderBOULDER 10k with mile times of 0:10:17.46, 0:10:18.16, 0:12:23.89, 0:11:11.41, 0:11:35.51, 0:10:49.63 and a finish time of 1:08:44.75, 11:04 per mile.

Lincoln Half Marathon 2012

I had a great time running my second Lincoln Half Marathon. I really wanted to beat my time from the first time (1:16) but it wasn't to be. I started off running with Turan. There was rain in the forecast that morning but when the run started it was perfect conditions, if you ask me.

The first 6 plus miles were outstanding. As you can see below, we finished it in a little over an hour so we were right on pace. But then when we hit the main trails and the other people running it hurts your stride and your pace. I'm hoping some day they move it out to the highway so there is more space to run. When I hit the hill I just didn't have the energy that I needed and that was about the nine mile mark. I told Turan to go forward. The rest of the race was a mental and physical battle. I wanted to keep running but my body just kept telling me no as there was no energy there. But I kept fighting. As I made my way down 10th Street and the crowds kept getting larger it gave me more energy again.

The feeling turning into Memorial Stadium is awesome and really lifts you up!

I can't wait to do it again. The photo at the bottom is with my coworker Lori who walked the half.

Location	Race Time	Time of Day	Pace Between	Overall Place	Division Place	Sex Place
Time	2:25:41	9:52:46	12:43	4374/6775	292/361	1888/2388
15K	1:37:39	9:04:44	11:00	3939/6705	281/356	1793/2361
10K	1:03:29	8:30:34	10:07	3827/6744	273/358	1767/2372
5K	32:05	7:59:10	10:20	4107/6769	288/361	1840/2388
ChipStart	24:10	7:27:06		4042/6775	276/361	1765/2388
GunStart	00:00	7:02:57

Ni-Bthaska-Ke Trail Run 2012

A very challenging run, that is for sure, but a fun time at Platte River State Park.
I ran it with Kate and thank goodness I had someone else there with me or it wouldn't have been very pretty.
It had rained that morning so it made the course even more challenging so every hill on the trail was slick and hard to get up.
It started by going up a big, grassy hill by the archery range and then along a road inside of the park and it was free and easy. But then the challenges began as we entered the trails. The first down slope was muddy and hard to keep your balance. Then you had to go right back up again. It seemed to do that every 30 seconds for the next two miles. Each down slope was hard to keep your footing. Each up slope was hard to get footing at all. You would either have to pull yourself up with a root or a tree or just grab into the mud hoping to get some hard surface. Like I said, by the two mile area, and the first water station I was spent! From there the altitude changed into more continuous hills instead of up and down, which was great from the quick challenge perspective but hard from the keep going up the hill perspective. We never really realized it but we hit the turnaround point but everything just seemed different. When we finally made it back to the water station it was uplifting to know that we had just two miles back. Everything was less muddy and that helped a lot as there was less stress on just trying to stay up (I fell just once).
We were able to run for awhile on the way back but that was challenging as well as you would meet up with people on the trails (packs of five) that wouldn't move and too hard to get around them. But once we got out of the woods we were able to run to the finish line.
A great, challenging, amazing day and run! 


Distance: 12K (8 miles)
Time: 1:55:23
Pace: 15:29
Overall place: 166 of 195
Place in gender: 116 of 122
Division M40-49 place: 29 of 33