The Great Cow Harbor 10k - Run

This was the first race that I believe I managed well. I lived on Main St. right at the finish line for a coupla years and although this my first time running on these roads I'm pretty familiar with them from biking there.

It's a pretty hilly course with a couple of challenging climbs, one long gradual climb and three long declines. My strategy was to steal as much time from the clock on the downhills as I could while doing my best to maintain my pace on the uphills without blowing up my legs. I think I executed this well and only paid for the James St. hill(steepest climb) for about a 1/4 mile after getting to the top.

Try and finish 13 seconds faster to go sub 50 :)

Actually nothing, I pretty much left it all out there on the course.

Grabbed a bagel, banana and a beer down at the post race party in the park.


Nada, for my first standalone 10k, this was as good as it was gonna get.


Northport, to me, is the nicest town on LI and they really do a great job taking advantage of all it has to offer in this race. Top notch race, really well put together.