29th Annual Tram Road Challenge - Run

That hill isn't easy! I made sure I was about 10% back at the gun, and went with the pace I'd learned on the course this past year. A *lot* of people go out fast and drop back, especially the last mile when it gets to 20%, people are fried, and walk.

Since I know that hill, I pretty much ignored the crowd which was continually passing and falling back for the first two and a half miles.

It felt like hard work, but I realized that I could have been faster since my run fit the standard definition for an easy training run, being able to hold a regular conversation. Especially at the end I was chatting with people to encourage them, tell them how close we were to the finish, and well, lots of fun stuff.

Here are the results.

Run hard enough so that I have to take a breath between sentences? ;) If I had been more fierce, I would have done what I do in tris and continually work to reel-in the person in front of me.

I got to chat with my running club members and friends from the bike club who had shown up. That made the endless wait for the shuttle back down the hill worthwhile.


Not much. I'm in pretty good shape. I think I could have moved up a minute or two and a few places if I had pushed.


Loved this. It'll probably make the annual list.