Running race 1:25:34 [4] 13.1 mi (6:32 / mi) +81m 6:25 / mi
Champoeg half marathon
Nice! Pretty exactly made goal of 6:30/mi pace for this. 1st woman, 2nd overall. Was ready to finish at the end, but wasn't a major suffer-fest, probably means pacing was ok.
A nice sunny morning for it, started just above freezing - I wore 3/4 tights, t-shirt, gloves and a earwarmer band. Arms started cold, but was ok after first 2.5 mi. The course was beautiful, along the Willamette river, mostly in the woods, but some in open meadows of the park at the beginning/end.
Most exciting part of the race was a 1.5-person wide bridge that had two-way race traffic over it. First three times I had no trouble, but my final crossing required shimmying past anti-parallel runners at 6:30mi/pace...
According to AP, I ran a 1:22 half in 2013 and a 1:23 in 2014, so still looking to approach those... but not too far off now. This course was also hillier than OH courses, but not terribly hilly.
Orienteering race 56:00 [2] 4.0 mi (14:00 / mi)
Hmmm. My Garmin tried to install an update and failed, so no Garmin for a score-O, kinda made things harder (brought a phone, but that was tricky to manoever in/out of pocket, plus take gloves off to activate screen to see the time.)
But anyways, wasn't going full-out because quite tired legs! Had fun running around *the same park* as the half marathon was in, but this time in the dark and off trail. Quite fun, haven't played night-o in awhile!
Distance is estimate, but sure I went at least 4 mi.