Yesterday's race was good. It was a new course, however, and was very hilly. I felt bad for the full marathoners when they pulled off at mile 13 and had to run another 13+ miles.
The weather was terrific. It was a cold 41 degrees waiting at the start for 90 minutes, but soon warmed up once we were finally moving.
I had my alarm set for 3:30 AM again, but woke up at 2:30 and couldn't sleep thereafter, so it was a very long day.
I finished in 2:42. I had been hoping for 2:30 but the hills, including a half mile one going up a humongous viaduct, set me back. For women in my age group I finished 33rd out of 81, so not terrible, but the top woman in my age group finished in 1:47. Those are 8 minute miles! Wow!
This was my last planned race of this year. Now to start planning for next year.
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| With friends at 6 AM. I'm in orange. I guess my jacket really is reflective as advertised. |
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| Cute race t-shirt and nice medal. |
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