Notes
Had Sam and Brandon meet me up at my house and we were off by 6:50 AM. Got to the race by 7:40 and in plenty of time to sign up and warmup. The go command was yelled and I immediately took it easy. I wanted to hold back for the first 5-7 miles and then push the bigger uphills as we went. I made it through 5 in 33:08 I believe and was still feeling pretty good. The shoes were heavy and sloppy with the rain, but felt ok. Downhills people were passing me, but uphills I was passing them all back. I was in 11th at 5 miles. I kept moving up and by the time we had gotten to the bottom of Pack I was in 9th. Only one more person in sight to catch. I pushed pretty good even though it seemed slow, but caught him and kept pushing without walking on the hill at all. It was tough, but the left hammy held together ok and I was very happy with a 1:10:54 for a time. On to Washington!