Tropical storm to our west sucked most of the heat and humidity away for the morning, so it was 69 and really nice for the race. Not many folks showed up other than several JV-type XC boys (this was a fundraiser for a local high school's sports program) and only a handful decent locals - total of 110 runners. There was more single track trail than I thought, and a finishing hill that was pretty nasty, so just breaking 20 minutes was perfectly fine for today. Finished 9th overall and 1st old guy - of course, the one race ever that I snag 1st master, I had to leave right away before the awards ceremony - ah well. Its been a pretty fun five weekends of racing - might come to an end next week as we travel to Mobile to watch the boys first XC meet... hmmmm maybe there's an open division :) |