~3.1 miles @ ~9.3 min/mi
| "But since the Club President isn't here, let's race!" says RD Monica Bachman. Mercury and humidity are off-chart, but we're all grown-ups and adult beverages await at the finish line. It's the Comus Run, a MCRRC cross-country at the Bachman family farm. |
Eric London and Tom Young sprint out with me, and the warm-up initial mile goes by in ~8.6 minutes by GPS. Entering the dark woods with sunglasses on gives Eric a thrill. Mile 2 at ~9.2 and mile 3 at ~10.0 reflect heat build-up and hills to climb. Then suddenly, there's the finish line — yay! Many thanks to Mary Bowman and Barry Smith for the ride to/from the event.
Official results: 49th place of 100 finishers, 42nd of 68 males, 4th of 9 males age 60-64, total time 29:41.
(photo by Dan Reichmann) | 
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(trackfile) - ^z - 2016-09-04