Notes
Chatted with Tim V. and D.D. upon arriving, what an energetic bunch. Tim M. was zipping around the lodge hill to warm up and I took his lead, a good thorough warm up. Actually measured this and it was indeed a mile and a half, typical warm up for a 5k at the Elks - not for a monstrous mountain race! It was clearly going to be a hot one. The skies were clear and everyone was fleeing the sun at the starting line, crowding into the rare shady spots. For some reason, Smart Water had a tent set up at the start line. Odd choice, as the crowd typically gathers there for 15 minutes and is not going to take much away with them. Their bottles of water were popular and I would see several in racers hands going up the hill. I myself snagged a case, as that was the mode of distrubution! I stashed it in the cool waters of the Pemi for later, the pemigewassett stream became the focus of events today.