
Met my friend Amber near the start and hung out in the press of people before the start. I ran it with her last year, but her back has been hurting this year, so she thought she would be slow. She was hoping to break 50 minutes; I was hoping for sub-40 minutes. We had kind of a messy start, and spread out a little. The course was run counter-clockwise this year, the opposite of last year. Through Idlewild park, along the river to Chrissie Caughlin Park, then up to Mayberry, back down Sherwood to California, then down Hunter lake back to the start. After I finished (38 minutes, but I didn't click my watch for another 30 seconds), I turned around and backtracked through the crowds to see if I could find Amber behind me. I'd barely got back past the finishing chutes, and there she was! She finished in 42 something; beating her last year's time, even! Serious kudos to her.
Fun race, perfect weather. Can't ask for much more.
OK, official time was 38:05. 232nd overall, 190th male, 26th in my age group, with an average 7:39 pace. Good enough.

3 comments:
What a nice blog- thanks Turi! That was a fun race this morning! Perfect beautiful day, sunny, and not too warm. I definitely surprised myself with my time. I didn't push myself too hard because I wasn't sure what my body would let me do. Not that I do these runs for time- just for the exercise and the fun! Yeah! Looking forward to next year! :) (And maybe I'll keep up with you and your sub-40 min pace...)
CONGRATS!!! A very nice time indeed! Congrats on going sub 40! And with a lot of time to spare ;-)
Nice run--hope to see you at the marathon this weekend!
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