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LIFE’S A<br />
BEACH<br />
RACE WEEKEND: Feb. 6-7<br />
5K, 8K, Half-Marathon, Marathon<br />
All content in this story taken from and used with permission from www.spacecoastmultisport.com<br />
TRIPLE TAKE<br />
Chin, Crate and Davis. The three alphabetized, good-looking<br />
and maniacally fast Running Zone team members laid down a<br />
new definition for triple-training during the Melbourne &<br />
Beaches Music Marathon Weekend on January 6-7.<br />
Each went back to their professional day jobs Monday with extra<br />
coin and new half-marathon personal bests.<br />
Ken Horton photo: far left, John Davis; #1533,<br />
Steve Chin, #1560 overall female 8K winner, Sonya<br />
Friend-Uhl and far right, Jessica Crate.<br />
And that they did - sort of.<br />
Instead of doing the traditional taper prior to Sunday’s half,<br />
however, the speedy threesome lined up for both the 8K and<br />
5K on Saturday. The two races were sponsored by FLORIDA<br />
TODAY and each offered a $1,000 purse broken down between<br />
the top five males and females.<br />
“Chin always cons me into these crazy running shenanigans,”<br />
said Crate about the trio’s about the latest scheme. “So, we<br />
decided to create a new tradition…the FLORIDA TODAY 13K.”<br />
The plan was to finish the 8K - that was suppose to begin at<br />
7:30 a.m. - in less than 30 minutes, ready to rock the 8 a.m.<br />
start of the 5K.<br />
A late start on the 8K and some issues with timing sort of fouled things up in the 5K but all three placed first in<br />
their respective 8K age groups with Crate earning $100 for her second overall notch on the ladies side and<br />
Chin grabbing $60 for the men’s fifth.<br />
Melbourne’s Anne Dockery - who won the 8K 60-64 age group - also went home with $60 as she placed fifth<br />
woman overall. Also note that both Matt Mahoney and Jim Schroeder ran the 8K and both qualified for Boston<br />
the following day at the finish line of the marathon.<br />
8K winner, Kevin<br />
McNab. Ken Horton<br />
photo<br />
Kevin McNab, from the ‘Show Me’ state, showed everyone how to earn $561.40 per hour<br />
as he collected $400 for 42 minutes and 45 seconds of running. He took the 8K in 26:08,<br />
then grabbed the 5K, as well, in 16:37.<br />
The Tireless Trio followed McNab to the 5K finish line but due to the aforementioned foul<br />
ups, finished out of the money and with incorrect times. Chin and Davis both said they<br />
finished in their usual lockstep fashion but results from both races show them uncharacteristically<br />
apart - with Chin almost four minutes ahead of Davis on the 5K.<br />
"Neither Steve or I were going all out – we just finished side by side to maintain a sub-<br />
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