Athlinks.com let me know recently that it had found 100 races I'd run. It's an online web service that robo-searches through "race results" web sites and ties the results back to individuals.
Because it's a program, it does make some mistakes. Sometimes it double-counts a single race. Other times it mixes me up with a different John Enright, who's a couple of years younger than me, but who lives in the greater metro area. So once every couple of years I go in and clean up their data.
So, instead of them having 100 of my races, it was more like 91.
But... their data for me only goes back to 1996, and they don't catch every race.
I do have every race I've run. In a text file. Very old school. It's not set up for easy counting, but I just counted. Races completed: 206.
I had no idea and I'm kind of shocked. Granted, that goes back 25 years.
I'm thinking of all the entry fees
I've paid to go pounding the road with my knees,
and all the rubber soles
I've scuffed away in pursuit of my goals.
2 comments:
"Two hundred and six races? You didn't run that."
Oh. That's right. The government provided the roads. The race organizers provided the route. They made my races happen!
I had nothing to do with finishing those races.
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