shamrock shuffle in Smithfield (course here), another 5K tune up. Paul wrote a nice description of the race and course, if you are interested refer to his report with the details. The initial uphill actually didn't feel that bad as i took it really easy, hitting the top at a maybe 6:30 pace. then I let it rip over the downhill, then struggled a bit on the last mile gradual uphill back to Skyview. Didn't bother to keep track of splits. 18:35 overall, that is three seconds faster than freeze your buns 5K on a tougher course. good enough for now anyway. very well put on race, cache sun and snow do a great job. I am running all their races this year.
ran a cooldown with Paul and Dave just in time for the big storm out of the north. I didn't complain too much at the time but i felt like crap. very cold and my right calf hurt.
Dropped Dave at skyview and tortured myself with another 1.5 in the storm to get to 13.5. wanted 14-15 but wasn't in the mood. Dave taught me how to program my garmin to take automatic mile splits. I thought I had to do it manually. I guess I should read the manual sometime. maybe I can find out how to get the little running buddy to work if I play enough with this thing.
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