Rain was in the forecast for today (as it has for the past week), and for most of the week, I figured I'd most likely not be running (who wants to run in a downpour?). Well, the rain broke for at least long enough to make race morning dry.
I guess the week's rain made the race volunteers think the event would be cancelled, so the organizers from Elemental Running were a little short on help. They pulled through and put on a great event regardless.
Part of the scheduled course was flooded, and so we had to cross a non-busy street as part of the down-and-back course. I was delayed much, if at all, on the way out, and only delayed for a few seconds on the way back. I had some concerns on the way back that traffic could endanger my ability to break an hour, but it was a non-factor.
I started off way too fast completing the first mile in 8:32. My second mile was over a minute slower, and I averaged 9:30 minutes/mile for the overall run. I beat my time from the Super Bowl 10K and, as such, set a new personal record. My data from RunKeeper indicated that this course was a little further and had over twice as much climbing as the Super Bowl run's.
I came into this run hoping to break an hour, and without someone to pace me, I wasn't sure that was going to happen. Well, I was able to beat an hour anyways:
Finishing under an hour was pretty awesome! The race coordinators gave out 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place ribbons for each age division, and I snagged the 2nd place ribbon for Men 30-39 in the 10K. This is the first time I've gotten a medal or ribbon (although many of the runs don't pass them out for each age division), so I added a logo for it to the race badge.
Not sure when my next race will be, but I'm thinking it'll likely be the Zoo Zoom in mid-April. If so, it'll be my first organized run not in Folsom (the Zoo Zoom is in Sacramento). Will be nice to run somewhere else.
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