Notes
RACED HARD. Killer terrain. Lots of stone staircase climbs (twice). Streams. Mud. Tons of trees. Loved every minute of it. Beautiful weather. Lots of RunDMC folks there--second finisher from RunDMC--Brandon is a monster and beat me by six minutes. Could have given more at the end than I did--lungs were shot, though. Prevented me from giving a full effort during the ending stages of the race. It's what I get for taking off too fast.
That staircase was HELL: it's the reason for the two ten minute miles on the lap one, and the 11:26 on lap two!
Still, target heart rate average was ~186, ran 188. No idea how to pace on crap like this! Need the practice for ultras someday!
Course was "long", kinda. It was never supposed to be an actual 10 miler :). Official distance was 11.1. Garmin measured 11.11. Must ran tangents all right. Glad I know the trails...