Notes
Mud and guts! A hard trail race on a rolling route. Two laps, lots of single track, 900 feet of climbing, lots of mud! Ran the first lap at a sensible pace, 35 seconds back from a pair of runners ahead, then dug in and ran hard as I could. Reeled in and caught up with the 5th place guy at mile 8, battled it out, he didn't give in easily, finally escaped him, and closed on the 4th place guy, but just ran out of space. Was hoping for even splits, but was a minute down. But that's okay. The race winner was 3 minutes slower on his second lap! I think I ran too much the week before the race. But a gutsy performance... to the limit on the day.