10/10/2026
Best Dam Run.
Watched the weather all week. Signed up for this race yesterday. Drove an hour to get here this morning. Point to point race so I had to catch a bus to get out to the start. Got in a pretty limited warm up.
Felt ok but never great. Absolutely perfect weather. It rained last night but this morning was dry and about 50 degrees.
I really thought that I was in better shape than this. There was a hill in the 5th mile that kicked my ass. I went through 5k in about 21:20 and would have been happy if I could keep that pace. It was not happening today.
I still ran fast enough to win my age group so I was happy with that. Average heart rate 184 BPM. Crazy. I have an appointment with a cardiologist at the end of the month to find out if that’s ok or “normal” for me.
My watch said 110% efficiency so I guess I can say that I gave 110% effort. There were some good patches and some bad ones today.
I’m healthy and looking forward to the next race. Counting my blessings.
