Silvermine 25K - 1:55:27 / 7:26

Net Time: 1:55:27
Pace: 7:26
Rank: 63/220

Results
Course Profile

Quite frankly I was a bit taken back by the scenic hill action at Silvermine. It was really tough. Although the hills were endless, it is good to get back into race mode before the "next" marathon in April. This course was astronimically more difficult than the Fairfield 30K last year and more reminicent of Charlottesville. I have to admit that I didn't get comfortable until mile 6. Mile 6 and 7 were brutal when the gradual incline seemed infinite. It was like going through a twilight zone or just sinking into a quicksand; at least that's how my legs felt. After miles 11 and 12 were a series of steep downhills that could wreck havoc on the quads. It really reminded me how much I hated running downhills with painful memories of the San Francisco half marathon in '07. I noticed how I can pass a lot of runners going uphill but never on a downhill. That is really something I need to work on, or quite possibly more hill practice overall is essential. The net time of 1:55:27 was really the best I could do on that day. Yes I had a brief moment of disappointment (on miles 10-11) as I was shooting for a 1:50, however, judging by the difficulty of this course, it is ok. Time to move onto the next race and I will definitely be back for silvermine next year!

Splits:
1- 7:10:20
2- 7:16:32
3- 7:18:64
4- 7:19:23
5- 7:22:13
6- 7:40:55
7- 7:44:63
8-10- 23:02:41
11- 7:20:67
12-14- 22:12:78
15- 7:19:35
.3- 3:34:83

Cheers,
Moz