Notes
Leg C-8: Grin & Bear It?
In short: Another nice run in the Pere Marquette State Forest.
Scenery: 8; Difficulty: 7
Leg C-8: 5.2 miles
First leg of Day 3. Felt tired this AM after another bad night's sleep, but just had to get through my short mileage day. Had a while to wait before this, which was nice. Got the hand-off from Cobert just behind Megan Frintner and ~2' behind Jeremy. Used Jaro as motivation to get out and get rolling. Caught him around 2 miles, then continued to try and push. Route was 4.2 miles straight on a sandy, sorta hilly road. It was tough to maintain speed with all the slipping, but did a solid job. Just focused on staying smooth. Saw a girl up ahead for the last half of the run. Really started to reel her in the last mile once out on the road. Passed her with a quarter mile to go, but then turned a corner and saw a BIG, unexpected uphill finish. Legs were feeling it up that hill and honestly thought she was gonna pass me back, but ended up extending the lead a bit.
Negative split the last 1.5 miles, which I never do on GLR day 3 (especially considering the hill), so very happy with this run.