Lovell Canyon 10K

This morning Hilary and I headed out in the windy weather for our first 10K since we started running in Feb. The cold wind and early hour dampened our enthusiasm, but after hiding in the back of a truck until the race began kept us warm. (What happened to the 90 degree weather we had earlier this week??)

Here's my horrid early-morning pre-race photo (whilst hiding in the truck): Once we started out, I warmed up quickly and even the fog we ran through with bits of snow pelting us didn't slow me down. The first 3.1 miles were mainly uphill at a slow incline, which meant the last 3.1 were a lovely downhill, increasing my pace and excitement.

I kept a fairly steady pace (about 11:30/mile), just around 71 minutes total and enjoyed the scenery up to the end. It wasn't my best 6.2 mile time of 68:12, but considering the hills, snow & wind I'm pretty happy with it & placed 12th in my age category.

After some breakfast kindly given by the Salvation Army, we headed home sore, but feeling pretty good about it all!