Sunday, June 24, 2007

Woodminster race

Last weekend I participated in the 42nd annual Dick Houston Memorial Woodminster Cross County race. This is a 9-mile race starting in Joaquin Miller park in the East Bay hills. This is a small event with mostly competitive runners. It has an interesting feature in that it is a handicapped race with different starting times depending on age and gender. It was a tough hilly course with a long, tough hill at around the 5-mile mark. Most of us running at my pace walked most of the hill. I had tough workouts prior to this event and wasn't fully rested for this race so I wasn't competitive at all. I considered it a workout and didn't worry about how well I did. I finished 136th out of 150 runners - tough field! My time for the event was 1:38:43 - not great at all - the winner finished in just under an hour! This was a fun event and was the third event of the Triple Crown Trail Championship. I look forward to competing in these events seriously next year...

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