Marzuq 5K 2012 a/k/a "The Cake Race"

Stephen ran today in the Marzuq 5K at Maclay Gardens in Tallahassee.  The Shriners give out cakes as prizes instead of medals so my kids call it "The Cake Race."  Jacob and I stayed up until 1:00 in the morning watching "Blues Brothers II" so he wasn't up to racing this morning.

Among the other runners in the race were a three time Canadian Olympian, a nationally ranked Masters distant runner and several other distance specialists.  Stephen started out the race in third place, fell back to fifth and finished in third with a time of 17:07.  Overall, this was one of Stephen's better races of the year.  He managed to finish ahead of his last summer's mentor, Coach Gary Droze, for the first time.  For a more entertaining account of the race check out Herb Wills' post.  You can view all of the results at Gulfwinds.  You can also see better pictures on Fred Deckert's site and Herb's Facebook page.