49er Freedom Firecracker 5k (Read 537 times)

What would my life be like without drama? Boring. Today's race was case in point why you a) look at the course map on the website or provided in your race bag, b) warmup on it / walk it and c) follow the big white arrows on the ground. Luckily for me I did the above. Had I not, the result might have been different. About 5 guys who were in front of me failed to do some combination of a-c and well, they went elsewhere. I told the guy I was beside and yelled at the two who were about 150ft in front of me to turn but yeah, they didn't listen. The two that were in front of them, I doubt I would have caught. Good run, good run. Hillier than I expected and the first mile was pretty much all up hill (garmin gave it +600 ft). My splits: 6:40, 6:28, 6:02, 0:23 Total: 19:33 Woot! Hit my main concern which was going finally going under 20 minutes. Hooray for negative splits! Next time me thinks I should even it out some. Placement: 2nd overall out of about 50-60ish. Again, there was some controversy but hey I got a fun water bottle,a pair of shorts, and a phone number . I did what I went to do (sub 20) so all the other crap doesn't matter.

Good race--nice time AND splits!

Again, there was some controversy but hey I got a fun water bottle,a pair of shorts, and a phone number .

We want more details on the digits! k