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I continued my reign of terror as the fastest person in Big Pine. That is not saying a lot.
Yesterday was the Big Pine Fire Department 10k/5k and somehow I was able to pull out the win. Having only run once since April I was not sure how my legs would respond, I was just hoping to stay with my wife on the big climb. http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/110059989
I hung with my wife through the first couple of miles, but as we started to climb I was able to keep chugging along and she dropped back a few steps. Some Aussie guy, stayed about 20 paces behind us the whole time, too. Despite serious urges to walk and give hte race away I pushed on. I actually think all the climbing I have been doing on the bike has made me a bit more mentally tough.
First water stop was at the highest point on the race course and also about 1/2 way, and it was all down here from there. Took one swig of water and left the paved road and headed down some atv roads. The footing isn't great on alot of this, so I knew if I kept a lead up until this point that I could probably pull this thing out.
Between mile 4 and 5 I think my pace was 6:15 or 6:20. I was flying down the hill, but not really putting much more distance between myself and the 2 following close behind. This is about when the aussie guy passed my wife, so I kept pushing my speed as he narrowed the gap a bit.
I knew I had it, or really hoped, when I looked back going around a turn and the guy was about 100 m behind. So I tried to keep up the pace through the flat at the end. My 10 year old daughter joined my with a 1/2 mile to go and informed me that she had been 3rd overall in the 5k and ran that in about 27:00, which made me a very proud dad. I told her to wait for her mom as I ran around the park to the finish chute. As I came to end, I had to ask the guy standing there if it was indeed the finish, becuase it was actually hard to tell. When he told me it was, he noticed that I had a 10k on my number, said oh you are first and handed me a medal. No one taking times, just some guy not really paying attention, handing out a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place medals, that is how we roll in Big Pine.
I will have to check my watch, but I think I did the "10k" in about 43:00, which I was really happy with, very tough course. This make 5 or 6 years in a row that I have won, since they started doing the race again. My wife once again was the fastest woman, though she was disappointed that she did not get second like all the other years. I am most proud of my daughter, she did awesome. She said that at a water stop, she actually stayed there longer, so the photographer could take her picture. She wore her medal all day long.
Yesterday was the Big Pine Fire Department 10k/5k and somehow I was able to pull out the win. Having only run once since April I was not sure how my legs would respond, I was just hoping to stay with my wife on the big climb. http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/110059989
I hung with my wife through the first couple of miles, but as we started to climb I was able to keep chugging along and she dropped back a few steps. Some Aussie guy, stayed about 20 paces behind us the whole time, too. Despite serious urges to walk and give hte race away I pushed on. I actually think all the climbing I have been doing on the bike has made me a bit more mentally tough.
First water stop was at the highest point on the race course and also about 1/2 way, and it was all down here from there. Took one swig of water and left the paved road and headed down some atv roads. The footing isn't great on alot of this, so I knew if I kept a lead up until this point that I could probably pull this thing out.
Between mile 4 and 5 I think my pace was 6:15 or 6:20. I was flying down the hill, but not really putting much more distance between myself and the 2 following close behind. This is about when the aussie guy passed my wife, so I kept pushing my speed as he narrowed the gap a bit.
I knew I had it, or really hoped, when I looked back going around a turn and the guy was about 100 m behind. So I tried to keep up the pace through the flat at the end. My 10 year old daughter joined my with a 1/2 mile to go and informed me that she had been 3rd overall in the 5k and ran that in about 27:00, which made me a very proud dad. I told her to wait for her mom as I ran around the park to the finish chute. As I came to end, I had to ask the guy standing there if it was indeed the finish, becuase it was actually hard to tell. When he told me it was, he noticed that I had a 10k on my number, said oh you are first and handed me a medal. No one taking times, just some guy not really paying attention, handing out a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place medals, that is how we roll in Big Pine.
I will have to check my watch, but I think I did the "10k" in about 43:00, which I was really happy with, very tough course. This make 5 or 6 years in a row that I have won, since they started doing the race again. My wife once again was the fastest woman, though she was disappointed that she did not get second like all the other years. I am most proud of my daughter, she did awesome. She said that at a water stop, she actually stayed there longer, so the photographer could take her picture. She wore her medal all day long.
Geez, that's superhuman and unfair.
The sign at the Golden West Credit Union said 108*, but somehow I think it was wrong
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