Drove to the church across from the trailhead and warmed up for 1 mile. The race was pretty loaded again for a little trail 10k, but Golden Harper stole the show. He ran 2.5 minutes faster than last year's race! The rest of the guys were within a couple minutes from me. I just am not a great climber since I killed my hip 5 years ago, so those guys that can climb, especially the first part, pull away enough that I can't get them. I was in 8th for a while and then pulled into 6th, but could never gain enough. I got in trainer pace mode too being by myself. Overall it wasn't bad, and I came out without falling or getting hurt. 47:22 was my time, about a minute faster than last year.
Cooled down with my HS kids that ran the 5k for just over a mile.
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