Winning Back What I Lost

This used to be one of my favorite races.  It used to be a well organized race on a flat and fast course during a time of year when I'm usually in pretty good shape.  The only thing that held true this year was the course and even that was mitigated by the heat.  We started on time, 730am, outside of Boise Hawks Stadium and it was already in the low to mid 70's along the Boise River.  By the time I finished it was in the low 80's.  Probably the warmest race I've ever run in. 

I went out slow, realizing that I hadn't put in the miles this year to be able to approach last year's 1:37 PR.  It was a good strategy considering the heat.  That said, I felt pretty strong all the way through the race and had more than a little left in the tank to make my last mile my quickest.  In hindsight, I probably could have pushed it more during the out portion of this out & back course on the Boise River Greenbelt.  But I just wasn't in to the pain today and it was a nice change of pace to not feel totally gassed, or hurl like I did at the finish of my last race.  All in all not a bad race considering the heat and my relative lack of conditioning.

Here's a screen shot of my Garmin which had the course short, @ 12.88 mi, which is not a rare occurence for my Garmin for some reason: