Notes
Very tough course. Much tougher than the old one.
Had a nice battle with a River City's Kevin Pedrotti - ran behind him for most of the first loop until we got to the downhill section where I pulled in front of him. He battled back ahead of me right at the end of the downhill but before the rough uphill section. I stayed with him up the two big hills and as we crested the last one I threw in a big effort and tried to go by as smoothly as I could. This time on the downhill last mile into the finish I poured it on and quickly couldn't hear his footsteps anymore. Finished 18 seconds ahead. This was a really good racing effort as my splits were very close to even. Two loop course (2miles per loop) and my first loop time was 14:23 and second was ~14:35. That's pretty good in my book due to the two big hills per loop.