Greenland Trail 25K race.
Perfect conditions -- partly cloudy, not too hot, not too cold, no wind, and no mud (despite all the rain we got late last week).
I felt good on the first loop -- especially cruising downhill the last three miles.
But I struggled with the gradual and then steep five-mile climb on the second loop -- and my pace slowed a lot. I walked the first minute of each mile for (I think) all of the uphill miles of this loop.
Despite my slower pace on the second loop, the results show that I only lost two positions overall.
The race was actually 15.8 - 15.9 miles (not 15.5) according to my Garmin and other results I can see in Strava, so the pace calculations in the results are not 100% accurate. My watch splits were:
Mile
| Loop 1
| Loop 2
|
1 |
0:09:52 |
0:10:03 |
2 |
0:09:33 |
0:10:53 |
3 |
0:09:54 |
0:10:19 |
4 |
0:10:06 |
0:11:32 |
5 |
0:10:27 |
0:11:21 |
6 |
0:09:29 |
0:09:48 |
7 |
0:09:00 |
0:09:27 |
8 |
0:09:05 |
0:08:52 |
Loop |
1:17:26 |
1:22:15 |
My feet hurt a lot and it was hard to walk for about 10-15 minutes after I finished, but then I felt more or less fine (mildly sore / tired calves).
I need to work on doing longer, steeper hills.
Very fun overall -- especially the sweet potato pancakes I got on my way home.