Race Recap 45th Annual Lake Hartwell Dam Run 10K
Goals:
1. Hope the knee is ok and survives
2. Run a good and smart race (because of said knee I have not RACED in a long time)
3. POT for HM coral A so under 54:45
This race was two hours north of us. We left atlanta at 5:30. Whisky came with as i did not want to look her up for hours. Plus it would mess up her morning routine with breakfast and potty times. Once there we got our bibs, shirts, and hit the bathroom. Whisky did really good walking around with all the people. We were waiting for
@OldSlowGoofyGuy and Mrs Oldslowgoofyguy to arrive since, Mrs was going to watch Whisky for us. We all met up and handed Whisky off and lined up.
This was the first time i ran this race. It was a nice easy down hill for about a 1 mile. Then a rough up hill and then slightly easier uphill. You turned around and then it was basically flat.
Mile 1: Downhill ran this smart 8:33 mile. Did not want to go out too fast but wanted to use that downhill.
Mile 2: Uphill, uff, 9:22 but honestly i took it well. DH was on my tail. That hurt him in the end.
Mile 3: Finish the uphill and get to the turn around 8:51. I was not sure how much hill would be left so i stayed comfortable.
Mile 4: Getting on the dam path 8:37. I barely started to open up. This was my one mistake as soon as i hit the path i should have started the increasing the speed. I was not sure if i could hang on so i still did this one conservative.
Mile 5: Flat and chasing people down 8:32.
Mile 6: Flat and i could see us reaching the parking lot 8:13.
Finish: 54 even. I looked at my watch and pushed hard trying to get in just under 54 but i did not make it.
While crushed at the end for that last push, i felt good. Good enough i could have run more, that is why i think i hit the throttle a little late. FYI DH finished in 55:22. He was training for POT under 61, i thought he would do 58 so he crushed it.
This was a great flat race. I ended up first in my age group.
@Disney at Heart and Mr Disney at Heart had a great race going there. it was a beautiful course and outside of that one hill flat and fast. We hope to do it again next year. Now i can coast at PTRR.
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