Up the griding hill of Gardsman. Climbing 1,650' in less than 3 miles. The first half of the 3.2 was pretty flat. Then it started to rise, and not at all that fast. But then KA-POW! At the end, I still hit 32 minutes. It was hot too. Nearly 80, with the sun beating down. I crossed the road whenever I could to find shade. I power walked about 6 times.
I passed the wand to Dan Sorenson who ran the next leg. He did well. About 1 1/4 mile from his finish, I got dropped off to run him in. That was nice. I liked his run, and could do it much easier. He kept up with me, but I could have run faster. He had to power walk twice. There was snow, and the temperatures dropped 20-degrees! between his run and mine. It was actually cold at 57-degrees with a breeze blowing off the snow.
My only regret is that I didn't run in the last 7 miles with Scott Olsen. I didn't really think that I could run along side one of our runners. I wouldn't mind doing an Ultra team. |