2010 Army 10-Miler Personal Best Time!

On October 26th, 2010 I competed on the All-Army Team in Washington D.C. for the Army 10-miler. This was the second consecutive year in which I had competed for the All-Army Team and ran in the Army 10-miler. In 2009, I ran my first 10-miler race and placed in the top 30 with a time of 52:26. For the past three years the All-Army team has been dominated by the Brazilian military team and this year was finally OUR year! Our team was led by Robert Cheseret, US 5k National Champion, posting a time of 48:20. Right behind Robert was Olympian Dan Browne with a time of 48:22. Brazil placed two runners after Dan Browne, posting times of 48:38 and 48:47. John Mickowski, 2012 Olympic Trials Qualifier was next for the All-Army team with a time of 49:40. Luckily, Brazil had not placed any more runners in between John Mickowski and myself. After passing 4 Brazilians at the 4-mile mark, I never looked back. I was hoping to run a sub-50 10-miler that day. I was on pace running right at 40 minutes at the 8-mile mark, but mile 9 was a killer and I ran a 5:20 9th mile. Finishing the last mile in 5:06 sealed our team's fate and I rounded out the scoring (top 4 score) with a 50:26.
Below is the competition scoring:

1	All Army Team			OAll: 1	03:16:47
	Name	Sex-Age	Time	Overall	Bib
	ROBERT CHESERET	M 27	0:48:20	3	11
	DANIEL BROWNE	M 35	0:48:22	4	1
	JOHN MICKOWSKI	M 24	0:49:40	10	7
	KENNETH FOSTER	M 24	0:50:26	12	6
	DARIN SHEARER	M 36	0:51:58	22	9
	NATE PENNINGTON	M 34	0:51:59	23	8
	BRIAN BUTZLER	M 27	0:52:17	24	5
	TROY HARRISON	M 35	0:53:22	31	10

2	Brazilian Army			OAll: 2	03:19:32
	Name	Sex-Age	Time	Overall	Bib
	CLODOALDO SILVA	M 34	0:48:38	6	23
	WILSON LIMA	M 21	0:48:47	7	21
	JOSE FERREIRA	M 35	0:50:52	15	3
	CICERO ROCHA	M 26	0:51:16	17	22
	PAULO SILVA	M 25	0:53:29	32	24
	REGINALDO CAMPOS	M 23	0:59:59	176	4