Daily Archives: Saturday, July 25, 2009

Today’s race was a grueling 14.3 kilometers and my average pace was 8:37. I was up at 6 AM drinking coffee in order to make sure I was even more dehydrated . My race started at 9:15 AM and I had to wind my way through road construction and so I needed to leave early to make the 1 hour trip on time. Today’s race crowd was relatively large at 330 runners, including the Sports class (one lap 7 km) and my class Enduro (two laps at 14.3 kilometers). Unfortunately, more than 3 people showed up who were in my age class and so once again my evil plans to place and therefore gain a 5Peaks medal was foiled. Mark my words, though, one day no one will show up who is in my age category and then I’ll get that darned medal. Seriously though, today really was brutal. I … Continue reading →