LOCATION: Hagg Lake Park, near Gaston, Oregon
I woke up early (about 5am) and left my house about 6:30am. I picked up my friend Tim and we drove to Hagg Lake. We arriveda bout 7:20. In 2007 the race was a mess, it was muddy and raining. But this time around it was sunny and seemed to be dry. The weather was perfect for running. I was excited and looked forward to the run.
We got our packets and chatted with some of the other runners (and Maniacs). Each year, they have a skirt contest for the male runners. It's an informal contest, but some runners get creative. My friend Tim decided to take part. He got a plad skirt and wore that. Some else won the contest, but it was fun to see Tim in something so creative.
The race started with clear skies and a temperature of 35 degrees. The course is technical and even with a week of dry weather it still had muddy spots. The first out-and-back of 3 miles was a hard up hill, but then we started in on the 14 mile loop (twice). In the first loop I was running smooth. At each aid station there was someone volunteering that I knew, which made it nice.
When I got back to the start after the first loop and I was tired, but knew I had to just keep going. In the second loop and just took my time and ran a nice pace. I ended up finishing with a time of 5:42, which was slower then I thought, but I had not been running on trails during the winter, so I was happy. Tim finished with a time of 6:00.
We left at about 3pm and drove home.
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