Dawg Park

Merry Christmas! 🎄

Balmy 17 Degrees

5 Day Flu…

Evening Ride

Ouch! That hurt quite a bit! Woke up a little later than planned and didn't have bagels in the fridge, so I had to wait until Brugger's opened at 6. So I didn't finish breakfast until 6:30... Started out with extreme humidity (92%) but cooler, but I still couldn't control my HR very well. Stomach felt a little uneasy for the first 10 miles. VERY efficient aid stations though, thanks to Paul and all of the wonderful volunteers! Turnpike Hill was a lot of fun (I really don't mind it, maybe because I did many many repeats on it while training for TNF50!) At the turn, the temps went up, but the humidity went down, so I could control the HR a little better after that. Knowing the course and realizing that with the change in the route, the only hill between Pine Lane and Boston was the climb out of Pine Lane, so after that, you could just cruise! Bombed down Turnpike Hill and had a really fun time doing so. Relaxed, but still a good effort between Boston and Snowville, trying to save something for the last 5 miles. Ran into a wonderful group of 10 Chinese vacationers hiking... as they were going down (backwards) on the slippery steps, the muddiest part of the course... danced with one lady for about 10 steps and then I finally said you stay there, I'm going to go in front of you!! I got to .7 miles left, and looked at my watch, it read 3:49:49, I swore under my breath and dug deep and found that 6th gear... Finished strong and for the first year did not cramp up in the calves or the quads!! Phenomenal day and gives me a lot of confidence going into BR50!!

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