Second race of the day. Goal was to be under 10 minutes per k, and being under 20 minutes was a nice bonus.
Traded off my start time to someone who needed to start earlier. Realized about 40 minutes before my new start time that I hadn’t eaten anything since a 6 AM breakfast and a banana after the Middle, and I was starving. Ate some yummy homemade cookies and maybe another banana. Drank water to supplement all of the diet coke, and then hoped I was not going to hurl while on the course.
Changed into my “cute” sprint outfit, and I was off at 3:15 PM. Sadly, I don’t think there are any pictures. 😉
Paid attention to the way the others on my course were going and saw the first control.
Pushed hard out of the start just waiting for the guy who started 1 minute behind me to track me down pretty quickly, but it was PG making up the 2 minute stagger going into 5 just ahead of me as I fumbled it a tiny bit.
The next four controls were uneventful. Sadly, I gave up about 10-12 places overall fumbling around the wrong playground for 10. I knew it didn’t make sense, but I couldn’t make sense of it. Finally sorted myself out and headed around the rest of the course.
Pushed as hard as I could and was short of breath at end, enough so that I had to sit and collect myself, which doesn’t usually happen. Thanks to Greg L for the water.
Super fun course. Hamstring still not painful.