I know I won my AG and I think I was 5th OA female, but not sure. BUT WOW for a new PR by over 3'!! I was a full minute faster than my goal too. I started out fast, but I knew it was downhill and I should take advantage of it. There were 3 other gals running in my little group through mile 2.5 or so and then I looked down at the pace and thought "this doesn't cut it" so I picked up the pace and forgot about trying to neg split the thing. With that first mile split I knew a neg split would be damn near impossible anyway!! Trish hung with me until 2.5 then we split and I headed to bridge the gap with two other girls up the road. I caught one of them at mile 3 or 3.5 and dropped her pretty easily. The other one I passed around mile 4 or maybe a little after. I KNEW that she was going to push me though... And she came back at mile 5.5 and I hung on her until the final turn into the lake. She was in her 20's a a PURE runner, so I knew I should have just been happy to be hanging with her anyway. With no thoughts of a serious kick since I have to train tomorrow and the next day, I let her take it completely uncontested. Maybe I should have pushed her at the end just to see how much mental drive I have, but I hope when the time comes at Worlds I will KNOW how to do it :)

Not much!! Good race :)

Walked with the kids around the finish area and. I did jog just a tad to get the blood flowing before getting back to the car. I had a nap and then an ice bath when I got home too :)


Lots of work this week, on my feet all day yesterday, and not really prepped for an A race.


I would definitely do this race again (especially if I ever want to break THAT PR!!!) It was fun, casual and for a great cause (THe Alpine Rescue Team)