4 mile warm up. Felt blah.
Race: immediately in 3rd place from the gun. Fast 1st mile downhill (4:59) and similar 2nd mile (5:06). Ran into downtown GP and then made way back up Hillcrest around mile 2.5. I caught 2nd place just after mile 3 (5:34). Was proud that I caught him as I thought I was destined for 3rd overall. Knew that I had to make up ground from miles 3-5 as they were uphill and that's a strength of mine. Mile 4 was incline the entire way (5:35) and mile 5 was just brutal uphill (5:55). Just steep as can be and so obviously my slowest mile. Turned around at the top of Vine St to absolutely fly back downhill to the start/finish line (5:00) and 51 seconds for final .2.
One of the toughest 10ks I've ever ran. But honest because start/finish at the same spot. $1,000 was on the line for the winner but David Laney from Ashland came and smoked me. He ran 31:something but he's a 2:18 marathoner so it goes to show what a difficult course it was. 3rd place guy is a 1:10 half marathoner and he ran 35:something. I got $75 for second place. Bummer.
2.2 mile cool down, then Human Bean and Cary's Toffee. Decent post race refreshments!
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