The weather was not great. Light rain, mid 40's plus a breeze. I wore a light running jacket over a technical t-shirt, shorts and calf sleeves...that worked out fine.

The start was slightly downhill which made it easy to get warmed up to race pace without maxing the heart rate from the get-go. About a 1/2 into the race we turned toward downtown and I saw the long slog that would take me up 115 feet over the next 1/2 mile. My heart rate was maxing near the top but I was able to recover and pick up time on the downhill. I didn't get my watch going until 1/2 mile into the race so I didn't have the most accurate data but I could see I was running close to my goal pace (8:30/8:40 miles). On the 2nd loop I wanted to cry uncle near the top of that long hill but I didn't stop and raced hard to the finish once I got over the top.

nothing. It was a great race for me.

get out of the rain, jog back to the car. The people that hung around after the race had gone into the local bars to drink green beer...I waited until I got home for my post-race celebratory drink.


I been battling tibial tendonitis so my run mileage has dropped a bit. I need to do more hill training too.


It was my best 10k by far. I think my best previous time was 7 minutes slower! The running I had done leading up to my half marathon last November and the marathon build I'm currently on has helped me tremendously.