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Comments: I headed out at a pretty good clip. About 3/4 of a mile into the race I saw Layton--who yelled out that I needed to go faster and then he called me Grandpa! About 1 1/2 miles, I saw Landon heading back--he looked pretty tired. After the turn-around, I headed up the hill to the reservoir. I did a pretty good job pacing the hill and ended up passing about 1/2 a dozen people. The reservoir loop was pretty fun. I ended up running the race that I planned on for this part. Once I got through the first hill, I did not get passed by anyone for about 2 miles. There were a couple of people that I keep going back and forth with. One in particular I would pass on the hills and she would pass me on the downhills. As I came off the reservoir loop, I saw Kelly Hood passing out water. Once we hit the flats on Mount Diablo road, I picked up the pace a little bit. Once I got to Layton's station (he was blocking the road from traffic), I gave him a high five and then picked up to my stride pace. I ended up passing quite a few people on the way to the shoot. I wasn't sure how I was going to so on this race--especially since I had a crappy run earlier on the week. I shave 5 minutes or so from last year's time. What would you do differently?: Not much. This is my "home course" and I managed the run pretty well. Landon and Dennae had a wonderful time too. Post race
Warm down: I walked around and ran into my wife talking to Carlos from the kids swim teams. Dennae was hanging out with her friends. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of training--I have been spotty since Big K. I forgot to turn off the garmin when I crossed the finish line! Event comments: This a very well run local race. They could have had more potties--as I had to wait for about 10 minutes or so. Other than that I would give this race three thumbs up. I look forward to racing in this event next year. Last updated: 2007-10-09 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 151/511
Age Group = 40-
Age Group Rank = 43/103
Got up and got oatmeal with Layton. I drove him down to the race to volunteer with the scouts. I got Landon and Dennae up. Landon did the 5K and Dennae did the two mile race.
I ran for about 1 mile and then went to the potty again. Once in line I stretched out. About 10 minutes before hand I got a goo.