kodi
Well-known member
I'm now thirteen and a half months out from surgery. Last year my goal was to run/walk this race 6 weeks after surgery. I've make a big improvement over last year's time of 39+ minutes.
What great weather for a Nov 5K. Temps at the start were close to 70º, no real air movement (until the racers made it happen) and beautiful clear skies with mountains on the horizon. OH! this is supposed to be a race report.
This has to be one of the hardest 5Ks anywhere, it's definitely not a PR course unless it's your first 5K. Starting elevation is 1000ft and drops to 760 a little before the turnaround then it's back up the hill. The worst hill is at 2.3 miles for about .25 mile and goes from about 830 to 895 ft elevation gain. Going down there are a few slight uphills, but when you're coming back somehow there should be a few little downgrades but they manage to disappear.I went out faster than I should have with a first mile of 8:21 (fastest I've run since long before surgery). My time at the turn around was 13:53. The return trip wasn't as nice, it was 17:04 for a time of 30:57. I was hoping for sub 30 but I'm satisfied, especially on this course. At any rate I still place third in my age group (60-69).
Look out running world, I'm coming back!!!!!!
What great weather for a Nov 5K. Temps at the start were close to 70º, no real air movement (until the racers made it happen) and beautiful clear skies with mountains on the horizon. OH! this is supposed to be a race report.
This has to be one of the hardest 5Ks anywhere, it's definitely not a PR course unless it's your first 5K. Starting elevation is 1000ft and drops to 760 a little before the turnaround then it's back up the hill. The worst hill is at 2.3 miles for about .25 mile and goes from about 830 to 895 ft elevation gain. Going down there are a few slight uphills, but when you're coming back somehow there should be a few little downgrades but they manage to disappear.I went out faster than I should have with a first mile of 8:21 (fastest I've run since long before surgery). My time at the turn around was 13:53. The return trip wasn't as nice, it was 17:04 for a time of 30:57. I was hoping for sub 30 but I'm satisfied, especially on this course. At any rate I still place third in my age group (60-69).
Look out running world, I'm coming back!!!!!!
