Notes
Garmin lost about .2 mile in mile 1 and never caught up, but was pretty consistently off the rest of the run so the miles are comparable. Felt pretty good today, but suffered calf cramps in the last third of the course (after the chute) that slowed me down quite a bit. Was ahead of Terri Buck (got 2nd in AG) until just before the power line, and she had a lot more in the tank than I did, finishing a little over a minute ahead of me. 1st in AG went to Laura McDonough, like last year. Was really hoping for 4:15 but expected 4:20 so this is a good finish. If I want to be better, I obviously need to run the hill more and more long runs.
Perfect conditions today but it was cold at the start (37° and clear). The views from the top were incredible. A little breezy but not too bad. Wore short sleeved purple/black shirt with arm socks (cut toes out of Peter's baseball socks, they worked great!), and Freedom's Run long-sleeved shirt over that with new purple/black running skirt. Gave Peter the shirt at mile 9, took the sock-sleeves off at Henderson Rd (19.5) and the gloves at mile 23. That seemed to work, I was fine at the end.
Twisted my left ankle at mile 3.5 and it hurt for awhile, but then got better. After run was done, it's sore and my foot on outer side is sore too. Fell on the out-and-back after the turnaround (yes coming back uphill, almost at the top), tripped on a rock and landed on hands and right knee. Ouch. Have a bruise but it's ok. Who falls going uphill??