Notes
I was apprehensive about this race because of the problems I had with my hip/glut all this week. After warming up I decided to go for it. I held back a bit in early miles being cautious about it. The pain wasn't bad. I took it one mile at a time. It did start to feel worse at mile 6, but stayed right there and I knew by mile 9 I was finishing. I ran strong in the windy section, (miles 10-11) and really pushed hard the last 1.1 miles which has a long steep hill for about a half mile. I actually passed runners on the Hill which is uncommon for me. I did this hill mile in 6:24, the fastest mile of the race! I was able to kick in the last 300 meters even though this kick caused me to tighten bad the last 30 meters. 1:27:04 was 2 minutes faster than my last race here in 2006. So today was an awesome day. Just finishing without causing any additional damage was my goal as I was prepared to bail out if I had problems. One never does know what racing will bring. :) Reno started strong but had to slow down because of a plantar faciitis problem, Still he managed 1:19:45. Susan ran great, 1:53:40 and this was with a 5-6 minute pit stop.