4/24/10 Louisville, KY—Team Fast Break, Chattanooga’s semi-professional post-collegiate running team, once again traveled to a Louisville, Kentucky road race and had another good showing as Patrick Hall, Andrew Dorn, and Alan Outlaw all finished in the top twenty at Saturday’s Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon.
Once again, the 25-year old Hall, a Chattanooga Christian School and Covenant College graduate, led the team across the finish line with his fourth place finish. He clocked 1 hour, 13 minutes, 34 seconds for the half marathon distance (5:36 per mile pace), a personal best. He slowed slightly over the last four miles of the event, as his 15 km split was 51 minutes, 37 seconds—5:32 per mile pace.
“The humidity definitely sapped me the last several miles, but I had set a good enough pace early on that my overall time didn’t suffer very much,” Hall said of his excellent race.
Andrew Dorn, 23, and also a Chattanooga Christian School graduate, finished in 16th place with a 1 hour, 18 minutes, 5 seconds finishing time. Dorn hadn’t competed in a half marathon since 2008, when, as a junior at Bryan College, he finished in second place at the Scenic City Half Marathon in 1 hour, 15 minutes, 44 seconds. Despite his top finish, Dorn was disappointed in his Louisville race.
“The first seven miles went as planned, but once I hit Churchill Downs, the wheels just started coming off,” Dorn said afterwards. “I did all that I could to keep moving in the last five kilometers of the race.”
The 32-year old Alan Outlaw—a graduate of East Ridge High School and UT-Chattanooga—finished close behind Dorn. Outlaw crossed the line in 18th place in 1 hour, 18 minutes, 54 seconds, a personal best for him.
This trio of Team Fast Break runners now plan on entering a training period for the Chicago Marathon in October.