Been a long day and I posted the initial report in the Off The Beaten Path forum by mistake...heh. OK, here it is...
Not my best time (but not my worst either), but I'd have to say that it was one of the most scenic and enjoyable events in the 2 years that I've been running. Plumas County is gorgeous and this venue limits the participant count to 300. Friday night we had a nice pasta feed at the Greenville Community Center with the event sponsors, Mountain Circle, a Foster care program which is right up my alley as I have cared for many, many children from broken homes in the past. Saturday morning proved out to be a gorgeous day in the Northern Cascades and at 7:30AM off we went. The course was a loop around the Indian Valley and was simply stunning. At Mile 5 we all got escorted by a goat that got out from one of the various farms along the way. I felt good through mile 5 and then I got a horrible case of heartburn. I really have to get that in check because it was so severe that I had to slow down while it subsided. Other than the heartburn, the race went well. I felt strong and when it wasn't flaring up, I was running well...better than I have in awhile. Ever since my hernia operation my pace(s) havent really broken 12 minutes/mile and my average on this race despite the periods where I had to walk was 11:06.
At Mile 10 was "Bear Bait Hill" which was the one hill that had a gain of about 250ft over a half mile. Not terribly bad at all. I hammered through that fairly readily. Coming in on the last couple of miles I was still feeling good and I finished with a 2:25....
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Well done, Dave. Good to hear from you. I hope to get up there and do a race at at some point. Don't forget about the HM in Folsom!
Nice job, Dave.
Paced by a goat, did it have on a garmin?
Heh...thanks guys. Jack...haven't forgotten about Folsom (American River Gorge is a great run). I forgot to mention the awesome BBQ that the sponsors throw for the runners after the race. Great fun, good company, great food.
We camped at the Taylorsville County campground from Wednesday until Sunday. This is what Taylorsville looked like the very next evening ....
Will run for scenery.
Yoicks! That musta been a helluva BBQ !
Nice job on the run. Looks like a fun, low-key event. And running after a hernia : ouch !
Stupid feet!
Stupid elbow!
OMG, what a scary picture!
Dave, great job on your come back. I'm so happy that you are posting and running again! Congratulations, it looked like a beautiful event.
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
Dave, congrats. Great job.
Love the pics.
Stay safe with all the smoke and fire.
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Nice job, Dave! Welcome back.
I dunno....250 feet of uphill over a half mile sounds pretty frikkin bad to me.
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Looks like a beautiful race! Congratulations on running faster than you have recently.
Good stuff Dave! Didn't you run this last year? Love the Daisy Dukes by the way, I have been wearing them quite a bit myself lately!
Good stuff Dave! Didn't you run this last year?
Thanks bud...No, didn't run it last year, but I enjoyed this so much I immediately signed up for next year.
There was discussion about it on the BF, and someone posted a pic of a bear chasing another runner I think. Maybe that's what I was thinking of....anyhoo, good stuff!