Fun race put on by Runners Corner. My goal was to beat last years time and get a good hard effort in without emptying the tank. This was a fun race, not an A race. Plus my toe is still mangled from the fall on Thursday and I knew there would be some pain on the descent. It was a surprise to see Jody this morning at the start, we hung out until the race started. The gun went off and I just tried to keep the effort even on the 3 mile 950 foot climb. It's always fun to see people just blow by on the start when you know that they are going to die on the climb :). Cruised at an even pace on the climb up the first 1.6 miles. I got stuck behind a guy on the short downhill from 1.6-1.9, I yelled trail but he thought he was going fast enough down the track and would move. As soon as we came out of the trees I went around quickly in the weeds with two others that were piled up behind him. Lame. From there to the top at 3.0 went good. A guy passed me when we hit the false downhill right before the top and then I got him on that last little climb :). As soon as the downhill hit I took off. There were two in front of me that I could see when the stretches would open up alittle and I thought I could catch them but I wrong turned where the up and downhill sections of the course nearly meet. I caught it and probably only lost 15-20 seconds but now I was a little concerned about the gap. Ran the last mile in 5:05 and almost got them at the end. My toe was screaming at me on the downhill but it was worth it and so fun.
This is such a great course and a fun race. $10 entry and I won $30 headphones, sweet. Jody had to go so I held his bib. He won a free entry to Dirty Dash in the fall. It was fun to see friends and catch up with Golden. I beat my time last year by almost 4 minutes :).
I may get out tonight after dark with the headlamp for some easy fun.
PM- Late 10pm canyon out and back with Randy. Moon was bright enough to light the way. It was great. 7:42 avg.
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