DATE: Sunday, February 14, 2010
LOCATION: Poulsbo, Washington
This race was little weird to me, because the only think I knew about this race was when and where it was. It was put on by the Poulsbo Running Store, and they only asked that you bring a canned good for the food bank. It was a pretty simple double loop. Each loop was about 15.5 miles on a pretty hard core trail. Because of the rain on Saturday, the trail was quite muddy.
The race started at 8:30, so I arrived about 7:45 and got ready. They guys that organized the race, kept it pretty low key. You didn't have any aid along the 15.5 mile trail, so carrying a water bottle was very important. After the first loop you could get some water or food and head back out for the second half of the race.
The weather ended up being pretty good. It was again overcast and chilly, but dry. I knew this was going to be a slow day, with the trail being so muddy and hilly, I had to expect a slow day. In the first half I was also having to get familiar with the trail and I wanted to make sure I made all the correct turns. My first half time was 2:44, and while I felt okay, I knew the second half would be a slow one.
I pushed to try to get a little speed going, but it never came. So at this point, I decided to just relax and enjoy the trail, no matter what my time. I ended up running a 3:11, which seemed really slow for me. This ended up giving me a time of 5:55:38. And ended up being good for 6th place out of 22 runners.
After the race, I wanted to wait around to see Marie and Monte finish, as they were the other two Maniacs running the triple, but I realized it was going to take they a lot longer, so I headed out of there and on to Bothell for Monday's marathon.
LOCATION: Poulsbo, Washington
This race was little weird to me, because the only think I knew about this race was when and where it was. It was put on by the Poulsbo Running Store, and they only asked that you bring a canned good for the food bank. It was a pretty simple double loop. Each loop was about 15.5 miles on a pretty hard core trail. Because of the rain on Saturday, the trail was quite muddy.
The race started at 8:30, so I arrived about 7:45 and got ready. They guys that organized the race, kept it pretty low key. You didn't have any aid along the 15.5 mile trail, so carrying a water bottle was very important. After the first loop you could get some water or food and head back out for the second half of the race.
The weather ended up being pretty good. It was again overcast and chilly, but dry. I knew this was going to be a slow day, with the trail being so muddy and hilly, I had to expect a slow day. In the first half I was also having to get familiar with the trail and I wanted to make sure I made all the correct turns. My first half time was 2:44, and while I felt okay, I knew the second half would be a slow one.
I pushed to try to get a little speed going, but it never came. So at this point, I decided to just relax and enjoy the trail, no matter what my time. I ended up running a 3:11, which seemed really slow for me. This ended up giving me a time of 5:55:38. And ended up being good for 6th place out of 22 runners.
After the race, I wanted to wait around to see Marie and Monte finish, as they were the other two Maniacs running the triple, but I realized it was going to take they a lot longer, so I headed out of there and on to Bothell for Monday's marathon.
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