A GREAT day for a RACE in the woods!
The Nashville group had an awesome outing as both Jamie and Wendy Dial took overall wins and I believe set both the men's and women's course records. Time of 3:53 and 4:30' rounding up or down. John Thorpe (my travel partner) ran the 25K and placed 3rd overall.
My intention was to go 4:40's (around 9min pace) but fell short once again as around mile 26 or so I started breaking down..I wanted to be out of the woods at 4:00 to 4:15hrs but didn't come off the trails until 4:30's with 2.5 miles or so to go. And again was passed by 4 runners with 2 miles to go. Randy and Kris Whorton being two of the four who passed me...for the 2nd year in a row too and in the same location! Hard to believe that!
I finished with a 5:08. Not to awful bad. Don't know how I placed overall but I'm sure way down the list. Oh well, on to the next 50k and my goal of one 50k per month for 2009.
