Sunday's 8 mile workout with Frank was a tragedy. Not for the humans, fortunately; but for my GPS watch, which got run over by a car after I left it on the roof of the car to acquire satellites. We changed our venue and I left it on the roof by accident. It fell off just before we got to the parking lot, and by the time I got back to it, it was in dozens of pieces. Very depressing.
Tuesday's road race, held on a very fast course, was a bit challenging due to the relatively warm evening. I didn't sleep well Monday night, and I didn't feel very strong during the warmup, which was 15 minutes with Frank from the finish line back to the start.
The first mile is downhill, and Kevin and Tim went a bit slow, so two others and I stayed pretty close until we turned up the hill into the second mile. I wasn't sure if I went a bit too fast (since they both finished over 1:30 in front of me, I shouldn't be with them at the first mile) but I felt OK and moved into third going up the hill. The rest of the race was cruising, downhill and flat, but I was alone and did not push. My time was a moderate 17:41; my best on that course, in 2008, was 17:20 (I didn't race last year due to injury).
Alex set his PR by a second. Nick and Melissa won their age divisions despite times that were not their best either. The heat affected them as well. At least the ice cream was good! The guys are looking forward to X-C season. Nick might come with me to Cigna tomorrow.
Wednesday was an easy run to shake out the muscles. Thursday is Cigna, a huge race with big prizes for the top runners and great competition. Should be fun!
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Darin
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