This morning was a Dowd run with a difference. Met up with Aaron, Brian, Billy, Jay, Chris, Lat and Jason for a boys only jaunt. We ran the Blue Points course we will be racing on Saturday twice only to find out later that we had run it the wrong way. That will teach me to look at a course map before a race…
It did however serve the purpose of reminding us what a tough race Saturday will be and with the bulk of the third mile uphill this one should sort the men from the boys. Hoping to put in another strong performance after my last race and this should also be a decent indicator of my current fitness levels, although I'm definitely more concerned with racing well rather than having any time goals. I have run this race three times before, twice running 16:23 and once 16:30 so pretty consistent. It should also prove a useful guide to what I may be able to run at the much faster Greek Fest in three weeks- two of those three years I was able to knock more than 30 seconds off my Blue Points time at Greek Fest....
All in all a decent run, serving its training purpose. I finished off with some strides in the Y parking lot.
Half day at work tomorrow, hoping to be able to take the kids to the pool all afternoon if the storms stay away...
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