The Freeze Your Buns 5K held in Hamel, MN looked to be fun...26 degrees at the start, so not exactly 'freezing'. Of course I toed the line in shorts and my new GW jacket, and a fully loaded iPod.
Remember, 6:10 was the goal..18:59...easy. Gun sounds and off we go. Bigger kid takes off along with an older, a tad pudgy road-racer sporting a pair of LunarRacers...who are these guys and why are they in Hamel, MN in January? Well, mile 1 came by in 5:45 which put nice separation between the top 3 and the rest of the field. ...but 5:45? What happened to 6:10? ...time to start slowing down. Mile 2, 12:05, right on track. At this point, Speedy and I were still running side/by/side up front with a high school CC runner of Speedy's from Orono HS, Gabe, tagging along. At around 2.75 miles we came to small 100+ foot hill/hump that Speedy decides to test the legs on, building a 10+ foot lead by the time we go to the top...what was he doing? Tempo run, right? Gabe and I responded and caught back up, running together for :30 or so before Gabe decided to make his move. I looked to Speedy and asked him if we should chase him down, Gabe now running 5+ seconds in front of us...'No, but go if you need to go', so off I went, to chase down the HS young'n, closing the gap a tad over the final 2 blocks but never really got into a grove or mood to catch him...tempo run, right?
I settled for 2nd OA in a time of 18:45ish (5:45, 6:20, 6:04+)...though tightened up pretty quick afterwards with sore calves a light hammy twinge...I'm old.Thanks for the run, Speedy...I needed that.
...and what was with the hunter-orange T-shirts?
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