Notes
Chip time - 1:07:48
Avg Stride Length = 1.29M
Avg Cadence = 185 SPM
This was a very tough course. Very happy with a sub 1:08. Makes Norcal 10 look flat.
What a beautiful day to run it turned out to be! The race is about an hour from my house and the drive started out very overcast with dark clouds threatening rain. I stopped about halfway there to pick up a teammate who was running, cold and misty when I picked him up. By the time we parked the car there was a light rain that stayed as we pickup up our bibs and also on our warmup jog. I thought I'd be running in gloves and armwarmers but right when we left the truck for the race the sun came out and it warmed up nicely. Left the gloves and armwarmers and ran in shorts/singlet in 55 deg, partly cloudy weather. Perfect weather through rural roads amongst smooth, very greened hills. So glad I ran.
Ended up running 1:07:48 which was good enough for a 1AG in 50-59. About what I thought I'd run. Super happy as this race was much tougher than I though it'd be. I just don't realize exactly how hard running certain hill profiles can be just by looking at the course profile. I think a good 60 to 90 seconds slower than a flat 10 miler.