It was cold and raining when I arrived at about 9 a.m. The race doesn't start til 10:20 but I like to warm up and have good parking for a quick exit. I enjoy running and the running community but I really am not down with being festive with 2500 sweaty runner after having run 10 Miles...just not my scene. So I did about a mile warm-up and was just enjoying the pre-race atmosphere. The rain had stopped but the wind was picking up and it felt about mid 30's to 40's. My running friends Marianne, Erin and Michael showed up and we found our spot in the corral of ~2500 or so other runners and then...BANG! We were off.
Miles 1-3 I was wearing a rain parka till I warmed up. Got hot at about 1.5 and ran with it in my hand until about 3 miles where I saw a friend. I tossed it to him and said thanks...I owe ya a cold one I will pick it later and kept on going. At this point I had pulled ahead of my running mates trying to keep a good solid pace. I was great till we got to Colvin 7miles in.
Colvin is a bear of a climb. This course has three significant uphill portions and Colvin is the 3rd and most difficult. The reason so much isn't the hill...it's when you get up onto Comstock and it appears to level off. However...Comstock in that direction is a gradual incline for about 3/4 of a mile and it eats at your soul! Devouring any good mood you may have had left. But...there is nice little down hill into Thornden Park followed by the last uphill and pretty much all down hill to the finish. At about 9 Miles it started to rain...but I welcomed it...It felt good. The rain had stopped by the time I crossed the finish line. It was a good race. I didn't
PR...but was not expecting to. I am just glad my injury did not resurface and I was able to finish.
So now....whats next?
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