TC 1 Mile: May 12, 2011*

Photo above (front row, l-r): Brenna Anderson, Jessica Deutsch; (back row, l-r): Kristin's dog Finn, Kristin Fiumefreddo, Jenilee Roen, Shauna Overgaard, Keren Gudeman, Kelsey Barale, Regan Blomme. Not pictured: Cicely Miltich. Photo credit: Seth.

A couple notes regarding the TC 1 Mile:

• Welcome to the team, Jenilee!
• Happy 27th, Kelsey
• Congratulations to Cicely who handed in her last final for law school and graduated over the weekend; to Kristin who just started a new job; and to Brenna who just finished her first year at the U for public health.
• Nice race, Keren. I hear that your chip time is a new PR, besting a race you ran in 10th grade.
  
• We established a team cheer at the starting line. It sounds like a roar, and might be a shorter, better way of saying our team name.
• And while the team results have yet to roll in, I know, given the times and the number of team members racing, that this is the best TC 1 Mile the team has ever raced. Wowza! Way to go, MRRR!

TC 1 Mile results

Kelsey Barale, 5:29.6 (chip), 5:33.2 (gun)

187/2152 overall; 9/1055 overall female; 3/277 age group

Keren Gudeman, 5:33.0 (chip), 5:35.5 (gun)

205/2152 overall, 11/1055 female, 3/170 age group

Jessica Deutsch, 5:45.4 (chip), 5:48.7

272/2152 overall, 20/1055 female, 7/277 age group

Brenna Anderson, 6:00.1 (chip), 6:05.1 (gun)

374/2152 overall, 45/1055 female, 17/277 age group

Shauna Overgaard,6:00.2 (chip), 6:05.7

376/2152 overall, 46/1055 female, 18/277 age group

Regan Blomme, 6:03.4, 6:10.2

407/2152 overall, 50/1055 female, 20/277 age group

Cicely Miltich, 6:15.1, 6:21.7

481/2152 overall, 64/1055 female, 24/277 age group

Jenilee Roen, 7:31.4, 7:37.6

946/2152 overall, 228/1055 female, 77/277 age group

Team Results: Forthcoming

Following the race, we cooled down through Loring Park and the Walker Sculpture Garden. We were able to secure a fantastic spot for watching the finish of Women and Men's Championship Mile on the south side of Nicollet. It felt as if they were running at us as they finished. I'm always grateful when I have a chance to see races in the front row, within spitting distance, in my hometown. Way to go, Minneapolis and Medtronic TC 1 Mile for putting together such a great race.

What I didn't see, though, was how the race unfolded. So I was really glad to find these videos on Down the Backstretch.

Women's Championship 1 Mile (video)

Men's Championship 1 Mile (video)

*I didn't notice this until I read a comment about it on Twitter: