Extinction Run IV – FSHD Society – The BEST one Yet!
Once again, we had rain in the forecast for the week and the day of the event. YHC spent the week checking the forecast as Anchorman stayed calm and collected while saying “Stop it! We will be fine!” Truth be told it could have rained all day and it wouldn’t have taken the wind out of our sails or the smiles off our faces. The rain stopped in the early morning hours and the course was looking good Saturday morning. Extra tents were brought in by Pinto and Pilgrim just in case but thankfully the weather cooperated.
Our volunteer team showed up strong and had tents and tables setup, and the cones and flags out before we knew it! If you brought something, setup or moved something, offered something…Thank you!!
The reason we are here. Sixty-Eight runners signed up to run Extinction Run IV and the veterans took our minor changes in stride. Because we promoted this run out far and wide we didn’t know what type of numbers we were going to have. What we ended up with was a healthy group of runners and spectators joining together to raise money for the FSHD Society and Team Anchorman.
Run format: One mile run against the clock; one mile at a time. Each loop begins and ends at Primal Brewery. From the start the first mile must be completed within the 13-minute time limit. The second mile cannot be started until after the 13-minute mark. New this year we adjusted our timing down by 20 seconds. The second mile pace and each mile following were reduced by 20 seconds. Mile two must be completed within 12:40 time limit, mile three within 12:20 and so on. Runners must meet the time limit to proceed to the next mile however if they were close and wanted to go again who are we to stop them.
We started with a quick welcome, a very brief disclaimer, some veteran heckling and we were ready to go. Our mascot T-Rex was ready, our traffic safety team took their places and Sixty-Eight runners and one T-Rex toed the start line, and we were off. The field looked massive as they moved up the gravel driveway. Some runners sped through the first lap and others paced themselves planning for a long event. Our new timer made the clock resets faster and after a few words from Anchorman we were off for lap number two. A few runners were putting the hammer down on each lap and enjoying a bit of a rest between loops. Others were pacing in the back like snipers waiting for the right time to pull the trigger. A couple of miles in we started to lose runners just as others were getting warmed up. While runners were on the course Ruck Raffle tickets and 50/50 tickets were selling like crazy. Spectators cheered the runners on as the clock continued to count down.
The kids under 12 division pushed farther this year to the six-mile mark. The women’s and men’s divisions went on for a while longer. Since we adjusted the clock to drop 20 seconds each mile the pace of the race seemed much quicker than previous years. Our last three men were pushing each other hard. On lap 18 YHC heard our #3 runner Phidipedes called his 2.0 Dragonball over to help him run his last lap with him. What a neat site to see as they crossed the finish. Dad with a 3rd place and 2.0 with a kids 1st place finish. Now for the last lap; lap 19 at a 7:00 minute pace. The last two runners took off for 19 and one of the snipers (Tommy Lee) mentioned earlier took down the last standing speedster (Chuck Norris) for the win and the end to a successful Extinction Run!
This brought Extinction Run IV to a close. Hats off to all the runners, volunteers, donors and spectators.
Here are your winners!
PAX
1st Place = Tommy Lee (Isotope PAX)
2nd Place = Chuck Norris (Gashouse PAX & Gastone 2.0)
3rd Place = Phidipedes (MeCa Pax)
Women’s
1st Place = Rachel Isom
2nd Place = Danielle Smallwood (M Tiger)
3rd Place = Stephanie Fox (M Norwood)
Kids 12 & Under
1st Place = Dragonball (Phidipedes 2.0)
2nd Place TIE = Pixie Dust (Gavel 2.0)
2nd Place TIE = Bolt (Ocho 2.0)
3rd Place = Phelps (Norwood 2.0)
Rucker 4.0 Ruck Raffle Winner = Watts Up
50/50 Winner = FSHD Society. Winning ticket was not claimed so winnings were added to the total for FSHD.
After all the finger and toe counting was complete, we gathered up a donation of $13,375.00 for The FSHD Society and Team Anchorman!
Thanks to Primal for opening early and letting us take over their brewery and parking lot. Thank you to our volunteers and equipment suppliers! Watts Up, Eh Yall, Pilgrim, Pinto, Whoopee, Tardi Gras and M Tardi, Montana, Musicbox (Aka T-Rex) Anchorman and M Anchorman and Jenny from FSHD. With their help and the generous donations from our PAX, runners, friends and families we exceeded our expectations and goal by a long shot.
It’s been a blast putting this together! Like we say in fitness and in life…”you get out of it what you put into it.” And we got a lot more out of it than the big check. #TeamAnchorman
Until we do it again!
BOS & Anchorman