Ran the Hurricane half marathon. I only did about .4 warm up. It was a good race. Dustin and I ran together most of the race. We didn't push it as hard as some at first, so we had to run them down. After the first two miles we were in 9th and 10th place but ended up moving into 5th and 6th overall finishes. I passed a the 4th place guy inside 150 yards then he surged with 85 yards left and passed my back. My card said my time was 1:20.14. Which I was really plessed with if its for real. I had gone into the race only wanting to best 1:25 so I beat my goal by around almost 5 min. I felt like I ran a good race, no major issues. I did do have 2 blisters one on each foot that messed with my stride a little but nothing too much. At mile 7 I felt like I was starting to cramp up, but just then we crested the hill and started to bail off down the other side at what felt like a sprint. Then after that I started forgeting about the pain and got pumped to hang on to my place, and try and catch one more racer. I ended up 1st in the 25-29 yr old division, and everyone got rosted by Hobbie Call who ran a smoking 1:06 and some change. A good race, and it gives me more confidence to go out and run even faster times. If my time was 1:20 at the Hurricane I think I can run a really good Hobble Creek race in Aug. This course has the tag line "she's fast, but she aint easy" its true. There are some pretty tought hills. Including the last one that is about a mile long during the 12th mile of the race. | 