Hendricks Bone Marrow ½ marathon - Ben and Rebecca set course records

This morning Jay, Mike, Megan, and I met about 6:45 for a group run through the area around Lowes Motor Speedway. Our motivation for choosing such a location was that Ben was running the Hendricks Bone Marrow ½ marathon. Our hope was to finish early and give him some support during his race.

Our run started about 6:45 and we arrived back at the speedway between the starts of the ½ marathon and the 5k.

Ben came by the starting area at about 4 miles with huge lead over 2nd place. Then, we saw Rebecca come through a short time later both were leading their respective races.

The course curved its way around the dragway, dirt track, and speedway both inside and out.

Being that this was a 1st time race and with many turns, the runners struggled at times to stay on course. Ben ran just over 1:12 to win by about 7 minutes but he could have been faster if he had not stopped to ask for directions on several occasions. I expect with a year under their belt, the race organizers will definitely step it up next year.


Also the race had a rather small turnout but this could be attributed to the fact that it was lightly advertised and on the weekend before Thanksgiving as well as being a Sunday morning race.

Ben appeared to come through the race very well and show little sign of his OBX injury. Rebecca was all smiles as she crossed the finish line. Looks like those 2xu racing tights that she was wearing worked well for her as she won the women's race by a comfortable margin.



In the 5k race, Alejandro pulled away for the win on a fast 5k course that included running the length of the dragstip. I dare say the 5k course could potentially be as fast as the Runway 5k.

Lastly, my congrads to all of those runners that came out to brave both the 13.1 and 3.1 on this cold sunday morning. Luckly, the rain held off until this afternoon.



Tales from the Runner at the speedway