Notes
Goal of this one - get under 1:10:00 and stay healthy.
Mission accomplished. A ton of CN dumbasses at this one - went up with Egad and AC.
(Report amended: have to tell the truth here, had beating Mad-mike at the back of my mind as well - didn't exactly achieve this goal - Mike is one tough bastard and really showed something today under trying times).
Went out fast to get ahead of the pack and settled in quickly to pace (mile 2 again sucked). Ended up running with Mad-Mike for this one - literally the whole way. Kinda fun to do some talking and banter about a bit.
Then we hit mile 6 or so and the talking kinda stopped. Was focused on keeping pace here - nothing more or less. I worked hard to survive the hills at pace and really worked the downhills - totally paid off. Passed AC at this point and kept my head down to my goal. Mike was right with me the whole way - he would give a little war-whoop every mile just to let me know he was right there. He kept telling me he wasn't in race shape - well, he looked pretty damn good to me. Couldn't shake him. This was shaping up to be fun....
Got to mile 8 and yup - we were striding right next to each other - told him I had no DA stuff in mind and was going to keep pace - he told me to reign in a woman ahead and stop talking about trying - and just do it. He said he was a few steps from walking and to go get it. I didn't believe a damn thing of it - this was going to be a dog fight.
Got to the hill and hammered down - just trying to do my job and get closer to the woman with the pink hat. I knew Mike was there, so we hit the turn home and I had to go - gave it all I had. Passed pink hat and was never so excited to see a finish line - just in time as Mike was right there - I edged him, but with the chip time we literally ended up tying. WOW.
Perfect end to this one - tons of fun and finished just like it should have. Mike drove me hard here. Happy as I got my goal time, hefty PR and placed in my category (3rd among the fat-asses).
Official results: 1:09:25
72 out of 787
Clydesdale 2: 3 out of 29