AM with XC team on Jeremy Ranch Road. This is our team Run and ride day. 2 man teams and 1 bike. They start at the same time, the biker being faster rides to the 1 mile mark and parks the bike and runs on to the 2 mile mark and repeats. So each runs 5 miles and bikes 5 miles alternating. Well Emily and I were going to be a team and offered breakfast to any one on the team who could beat us. A save bet, but we were short one runner to complete full teams so that left me out. So I ran the whole thing and no bike. It was nice because I could taunt the kids as I passed them and them back as they rode passed on their biking leg. But as the distance got further I saw less and less teams ahead of me. I finished third of the 10 teams only being beat by 2 teams and they ran well. It was fun racing them. I added on 2.5 miles back up the road to run in the rest of the teams. Overall time surprised me this road can be tough. 7:02 avg pace per mile. Then we all went to breakfast. |