time = 25:52
pace = 8:19
placed 1 in my age group (40-49) out of 6
placed 6 in women out of 62
placed 15 overall out of 99
link to strava data
i signed up for this race on a whim. i've been feeling pretty good lately and thought why the hell not? it's right down the hill from my house and for a good cause... so i ran.
it's a pretty tiny race and turns out... had the exact same number of finishers as the last time i ran it back in 2014. i was a hell of a lot faster in 2014 tho' and try as hard as i could this time... there was no way in hell i was going to clock a 7:35 average for this race. granted, i'm 5 years older and man... i'm slower. i'm even a bit embarrassed to say that i actually WALKED during mile 2 for a bit there... yes, i walked in a 5K thank you very much.
2 women passed me while i was walking and that second woman... well, she was someone's grandma so i started running again. no way was i gonna let grandma beat me. so i ran as hard as i could for that last mile and 1/2 and smoked the grandma by a few minutes. i count it a win.
it's hard to wrap my head around my slower "fast" but i'm hoping that i can bump that up still. i know that as we age we naturally get slower but that doesn't account for all those folks older than me that are hella faster than me so i still have to try.
all in all i feel like i did well. i tried as hard as i could and can safely say i did my best and that's all i can hope for.
next race up is High Cliff Ultras 25K... we'll see if i can finally make it there this time. i've DNS'd twice due to injury so i just have to stay injury free for the next couple of weeks. here's to staying injury free!
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