decided to give myself another yearly dose of painful blisters with 6 miles of downhill terror. didn't disappoint as I got some good ones. Maybe I shouldn't run this in worn out racing flats. or run it at all...
met Steve P at Liberty park and he kindly drove me and my friend Mark to the start. warmed up a little. took off fast and probably ran too fast for the first two miles, then pretty strong for 3 miles, then got worn out. but I destroyed my old PR for this course, my watch time was 35:40, so am happy with that, even with my weak finish, though it will take weeks to recover from some very big and painful blisters on the balls of my feet. My feet felt like they were literally on fire for the first 1.5 miles of this obscene downhill. garmin splits were 5:19, 5:17, 5:50, 5:49, 5:45, 6:18, and 6:16 for 0.2. wish I could have held a stronger pace the last mile. oh well. I took off right after the race to go to the parade with the family. happy pioneers day!
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