13.1 miles @ ~13.4 min/mi

Deja vu: as in 2008-09-21 - Bachman Valley Half Marathon and 2009-09-20 - Bachman Valley Half Marathon, kind Christina Caravoulias drives me to Westminster in northern Maryland for this friendly race over rolling hills. We take an early 7am start with half a dozen other runners and walkers, so we get to enjoy the sunrise as we trot along country roads. At 8am the masses begin and so does the rain; it's gentle and doesn't cause us any trouble. Just before mile 8 the fastest of the 8am crew passes us. Our total time is about 2:55:16 by my watch. After the race Christina and I go to nearly Baugher's Market to buy ice cream and peaches.

(mile splits: 11:56 + 12:32 + 12:33 + 13:10 + 13:12 + 13:08 + 12:32 + 13:09 + 14:09 + 15:04 + 14:30 + 15:12 + 13:09 + 1:00 for the final fraction; cf. [1]) - ^z - 2010-10-08