Pine Belt Pacer Terry Lawhead qualifies for Boston

Terry had a good run! He finished 97th overall with a time of 3:15:50. Therefore, he easily qualified for Boston 2008 (3:20 or lower is required for his age group). See Results.

Terry's comments: 
Thanks! I just got back home about an hour ago. I got up early and left Huntsville around 2:30 this morning. The race went well. The weather was not what I had hoped. It was 62 degrees with 90% humidity at the start and it rained for about an hour during the race.

Like when I ran Portland, I abandoned my race plan at the start and decided to go for broke. That worked for about 16 miles - unfortunately as you know, that left 10 miles to go. I pushed through about three more decent miles then really began to slow. I also had to take a couple of potty breaks in the last 10 miles that didn't help my time. All in all, I am happy with my performance and I had a great time in Huntsville. After I take a few easy weeks to recover, I will continue my training while I get ready for Boston.

My splits were:
1 - 7:05
2 - 6:57
3 - 6:52
4 - 6:58
5 - 6:54
6 - 6:58
7 - 6:58
8 - 7:06
9 - 7:03
10 - 7:14
11 - 7:04
12 - 7:10
13 - 7:08
14 - 7:14
15 - 7:04
16 - 8:15 (1st potty break)
17 - 7:29
18 - 7:16
19 - 7:26
20 - 7:39
21 - 7:53
22 - 7:43
23 - 8:33
24 - 9:30 (2nd potty break)
25 - 8:06
26 - 8:30
.2 - 1:45

Finish Time - 3:15:50 (by my watch, they still haven't posted the chip times).