I am pleased with these results, even if not a PR, considering:

-cold and windy day, with some mist of rain at times
-my subpar level of training the last 2 months
-my back injury last week that is still hobbling me a bit
-the tree that fell from a 5 story height into our driveway last night at 10:30 at night, blocking access to our garage but thankfully not hitting the house or deck, and the subsequent need to call insurance and arrange with our houseguest to take his rental car to the race, and the resultant lack of sleep from it all.


Since I've now run this race for 7 years straight, I thought I'd look up my old results for fun:
2006: 1:41:02
2007: 1:37:45
2008: 1:36:43
2009: 1:32:13
2010: 1:32:54
2011: 1:30:24
2012: 1:30:44

Grabbed a chocolate milk and bottle of water, then had to jog the mile back to the car to get home fast. Had brunch plans with our friend who was staying with us for the weekend.


See above. I could really tell that I need to build endurance up again. This race hurt my joints more than usual, and the runner's high I usually get for a couple of miles mid race lasted only about 3 minutes before the struggle began.