Other than the cold cold rain and starting 25 minutes late and the HUGE hills, this was a good race :). Maybe not my favorite course but still fun and you can't beat free! Merri was there, met Allie (don't be too jealous Burt), and my neighbor Lyndsey came with me.
This was my first post-baby race, my 2011 debut! And it went great. That's one of my faster times, not a PR, but still fast for me. I'm happy with it. It was also about .2 short according to my watch.
My legs and feet were really cold at first and it took a while for those to warm up but once they did I felt good. I wished I hadn't had so many layers on about halfway but since I only had about a mile left I decided against ditching them.
I forgot to stop my watch at the end. Idiot. The clock at the finish said 25:17 but when I look at the breakdown of my garmin I slowed way down at 25:05 so I'm going with 25:05, unless the official results post as faster than that, then I'll go with those :)
Splits:
8:35
8:51
7:45 (.88)
I ran this race back in 2008, but the course was a little different then, it still had the huge cemetary hill, but ended like right after that hill. And it also ended like a mile from where it started so you had to walk back to your car after you ran the race. I remember it raining that day too... guess that's just what it does on Memorial Day. | 