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6/22/2013

10.6 mi

1:08:10

6:27 mi

Equipment

Brooks (T7)

Notes

Run for Your Life 5miler (GPS 5.06/5:34 avg pace)

1st Place

28:10

$50 Gift Card to Running Shop

Super fun race (mostly at tempoish effort, I did run the downhill hard (4th mile) and tried to keep that effort going into the 5th mile). Course ran up to Spring Hill Cemetery (300+ ft climb in roughly 3/4 of a mile). Strava had 330ft gain for the race, while Garmin Connect had 378, either way its a solid climb. Glad I got to do this race finally. Largest turnout ever with over 200 finishers and the Capitol grounds was hoping with all the events of the 10-day Festival getting rolling. Also encouraging effort during my early base build which should be 92-93miles this week after tomorrow LR.

Splits: 5:45, 6:14, 5:30, 5:06, 5:14, (5:07 for last .06)

Weather: 73degrees, humidity 69% (although it was higher while warming up, 94%)

Comments

DMuncy

Awesome! I ran this race a few years ago when I was in good shape and finished around 6th or 7th or so.... It was tough but fun!

JasonPyles

Thanks DM, I agree very tough but very fun race! Strong 5K in Huntington for you! Your getting faster and faster each week which is going to lead to a big fall!

rtcrunr

Nice work and congrats on the win!

JasonPyles

Thanks Steve!!

imwkwk

Good effort on a warm day...Although Daniel McDowell ran the course twice...Just sayin;-) Ya did good and next year it's gonna move back to Haddad and you can take a shot at that CR in 27:52...Now ya know what you're getting into, might change your strategy a bit...

JasonPyles

I ran up the hill twice the day before does that count or does Daniel still have bragging rights on me?? haha

I wonder how often that gate/fence unlocked? I would like to run the course as a tempo from time to time this summer.

imwkwk

Gate is rarely unlocked...There's still plenty of good running up there though...Bad part is, there's no shade up there to speak of, so it's either run real early or late in the afternoon...Good training though...

JasonPyles

I was just looking at your Rim to Rim route, I plan to hit that section of the cemetery next time I explore up there!

murunner2000

You beat Crislip..a feat I couldn't do!! haha Go for it Pyles!!