Awesome race put on by Jun and Dorsimus. I was a little worried about the weather but it turned out to be perfect running weather. Had fun meeting people from the blog there as well.
I fell in behind Dorsimus for the first few miles then he started slowing so I moved ahead. I felt like I was working way too hard for the speed I was going, but that's probably a combination of lackluster training the last couple months and extremely sore, tired legs from my stupid CrossFit workout on Thursday. That was a really dumb idea two days before the "race".
Going up the Canyon Hollow trail I had nothing in my legs and actually ended up walking for a minute while I ate a gel, which I would never normally do. Never really felt bad, I just didn't have much in my legs. I powered my way through the climb and then cruised down Clark's which was an absolute mudfest. It was actually a lot of fun.
I ran hard the final 3 miles on the BST only because I was scared of getting caught. I thought for sure Jun or Dorsimus would catch me and embarrass me so I pushed it hard to the finish. Had I looked at my watch I could've easily broken 2 hours, but I didn't look down til I stopped the thing. Oh well. Overall it was a great time and the BBQ after was fantastic.
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1,900' vert | 