It started off with a handicap system, so my daughter started 8 minutes ahead of me. The first half mile was flat, and then it went into a mile uphill. Managed to run up about half way up the hill. At the top of the hill, started running again, as the course was mostly flat. Passed two or three people, got passed by a bunch of people from the wave behind me.

The course was running through the red woods and was spectactular. At mile 5, there's a hill they call the Woodmonster. It was a good mile of straight uphill. I walked this hill, and then had a good run for the last two miles of downhill. Passed three more people before hitting the final 1/4 mile flat.

Slow, but a fun race.

It wasn't supposed to be that serious a race for me. I did 75 miles biking yesterday, and still need to get stronger on hills. For all that, I think I did as well as I could.

Walked around for a bit, waited for the awards ceremony. Evelyn was the only High School girl running, so she got a trophy. 2 weeks, 2 podium finished for her.


It was a fun race, the course was well marked. There could have been a few more water stations, and there was no food at the end of the race, but what do you want for $20.