Freezeroo #4 Hearnish 10K - Run10k

We seeded ourselves towards the back of the pack. I thought I had gotten the cold weather race attire down, but standing waiting for the start the sun came out and I could feel the difference the sun was going to make. After the start we took off at a fairly reasonable pace. Ran with Mike and Dudley for the first couple of miles. Felt good on the first couple of hills and pick off a few runners. But I was starting to get warm and was struggling to keep the pace. Mike even turned around and pulled me along a time or two, but between overheating and starting to weaze a bit today was not going to be a day to PR this course. Dudley and I walked up the biggest hill about mile 4, but I think it did us more good than harm as my running pace up that hill wasn't far off the walking pace and it gave me a short recovery for the final couple of miles.
Finished fairly strong, last half mile was my fastest pace of the race so I was happy with that.
They bill this race as a 10kish and even have a marker at the 10k mark. But it is a bit of a mental challenge to see the 10k sign and not be able to see the finish yet!

Lose a layer before I started.

Chatted with Mike and Dudley as well as some other people we know. Walk over to the lodge for some food and hot chocolat.


Too many layers, a few extra pounds (ok, maybe more than a few!), still recovering apparently from the chest cold from a few weeks ago, and these were the final miles on a heavy run week. The race put me over 30 for the week and it has been a few months since that big of a week!


The local running club puts this on as part of a 6 race series. No frills, but always a good time!