Today I ran the approximately 8.5 mile GVH Mudslog XC race. A trail race of sorts, with steep hills, single track trails, swamps, deep mud, various obstacles, fences, climbing wooded trails/hills, and a very cold "swim" in an 8 foot deep pond!
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| Early in Race |
Results: 9th overall out of 223 (compared to 17th last year out of 182); 1st in age group 50 to 59 (3rd last year), and time of 1:09:50 (1:13:27 last year). Roughly the same course, but they change up the obstacles and course a bit each year, so hard to compare times directly.
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| Running creek, 1.5 miles to go. |
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| "Barrel crossing" - 1 mile to go! |
Go Striders!
Full results are at the link below:
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Mark
3 comments:
Very impressive! If you can get the kind of performances you've been turning in lately with the minimal training you've been doing, I think you should resume your assault on the 5-minute mile.
I've been running a bit more this year in general. 25 to 30 mile weeks have been fairly common, with a few over 30 miles (like the previous week - 36.5 miles). Often I have either a session of tennis or biking in addition to the running miles, but I don't count those, unlike Mark Peters.
I would like to make a concerted effort in the mile, but I'm somewhat constrained for time at this phase of my life. Some things (like a grandson) have to take priority over running.
Holy crap. You look like an animal Mark!
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