Official Distance: 3.11 miles Official Time: 24:42 Official Pace: 7:55
Garmin Distance: 3.18 miles Garmin Time: 24:16 Garmin Pace 7:40

There was not a chip start pad so all was gun time. No worries though

Had a great time with this race. I went in-- given still recovering from last week's half-- with no high expectations. Was hoping to hold an 8:30 pace for the race. Well that got blown out of the water!!! (I like that!)

Paced with a buddy from the office, figured I'd try to stay with him as long as I could. We stayed together until Dry Heave Hill, when he had just a bit more strength in his legs than me. He got me by about 10 seconds.

I feel really good about this race. I felt strong the entire time, but was definately pushing the red line. Still puzzled about why my heart rate lately has been spiking REALLY BAD at the start of the run. I don't feel like it is, but I supposedly hit 252 bpm during the first half mile. It did settle down after that and stayed where I would have expected given my perceived effort level in the mid 170's. So I'm puzzled by this.

Handled the hills on this course pretty well. Pushed hard on the downhills to take advantage of them, and kept pushing to hold pace on the climbs. I'm pleased with that.

I'm very pleasantly suprised at how comfortable I was on this run. Was working hard but felt good.

Best Part -- BEAT MY OLD BOSS who was trying hard to catch me the last half a mile or so. Got him by about 15-20 seconds.... YES!!!

Start a little closer to the front of the pack on this race. I purposely started a bit back in the pack because I was expecting my pace to be much slower. So I had to do a lot of weaving through runners the first half mile or so to keep moving forward.

I did start where I probably should have, so no problem there. I'll just start further forward going on. I'm sure that my start position cost me 15-30 seconds overall.

Other than that, wouldn't do much different. I would like to get a better understanding of the HR spike though. Been happening with some regularity lately, but it settles down within the first 3-5 minutes of the race. HR at start was about 75, so not overly high, and was in the 60's for most of the drive over to the event.

I'm happy

Walked it off, and cheered the rest of the work gang as they came in...



Pack at the start. Abundance of hills. But nothing I'm worried about


Excellent race. Well run and a lot of fun. They also do a 15 K event at the same time.