Jet to Jetty 10k

Trevor, Tiffany and I just finished a 10k down along the beach near LAX. It was great. Trevor got 49 min, Tiffany 50, and I came in with 1:10.
This was my first race since my 2 ACL surgeries and my knees feel pretty good. I was able to run the whole time. But I found out that my running speed isn't necessarily faster than other people's walking speed.
I remember my first 5k race I thought it was really fun to pass everyone at the beginning. The only problem was by the end I was getting passed by everyone else.
I decided that this time I would resist the urge to pass everyone at the beginning and I would do the passing at the end.
Well I only passed 2 people - and old guy and some lady who took a wrong turn at the end.
Afterwards we got some fruit and drinks. We were just walking to the car when the announcer said that the 3rd place winner in the women's 25 - 29 category was from La Canada. We stopped to see if we knew the person and he said "Tiffany DeVore". We were all quite surprised.
I didn't win anything but I think that if they had had a weight group I would have. I was definitely the fattest guy out there - which is great actually. I am trying to get ready to run the Richmond Marathon and I figure that running with this 30 lbs. of extra weight is like swinging a bat with a doughnut. I am bound to loose some of the weight while training so when marathon day comes I will feel like I am walking on air.