Granby 10K -- Sat. June 14

This one was a double treat -- won my age (got a trophy!) and shared that honor with Dick Hoyt and his son Rick, aka Team Hoyt. Wow -- still can hardly believe that. There were four other Swifties there for company, and our youngest member won her age too - -all in all a good showing. It was a deceptive course: first half mainly flat, easy roads, and the slight up inclines were short; with the start of mile four, however, and it got much tougher--or was it the mugginess getting to us? I don't know for sure. But I lost the guy ahead and then entered into a long struggle with the guy behind. I had biked to the start, and I think that contributed to making my legs feel a bit stiff and unresponsive at the last, and I also zoned out a bit in mile five, with noone to chase and having gotten a bit away from guy behind. In mile six, he caught up and as we entered the trail for the last tiny bit, he pushed and went by; I tried to stay level, but I had nothing, and he surged to make sure I couldn't attack at the line. He got 15 seconds in the end. Ah well. Fifth overall is still pretty satisfying. Here's the details:

Time: 41:15
Distance: 6.2 miles
Speed: 9.0 mph

Comments: for the first half I really thought I could get close to 40:00, or even break it. The guy in front of me (who came in third) certainly did. But I was too tired. As Ivan said today, we need to find a strategy for mile 4 of the 10K. It's always rough. More distance, and some speed training for me, I think. But I'm still going to focus on hills for now.

ALSO: did a warm up mile+ with Jim F before the race, and a mile+ (sort of following the Nedeau bros) after, slowly, so total mileage for the day was 8.8 (to say nothing of the biking).