Tilden Tough Ten

Well, yesterday was the Tilden Tough Ten. First of the East Bay Trail Triple crown events. I was rested and had a good run. I finished the 10-mile course with a time of 87:40. Over 6 minutes faster than I ran this same event last year!
It was a perfect morning for running, nice out but not too warm. I ran well rested and ran smart. It's very tempting to start out at too fast a pace. Fortunantly, for much of the race I was running with Jim from the Lake Merritt Joggers and Striders Marathon training group. He's great at keeping a good pace. This is a small event limited to 300 runners. It was a pretty solid field of runners, most casual runners opted for the Bay to Breakers which is held on the same day. A time of 87:40 put me in 148th place out of 276 finishers - solidly midpack.
My next race will be the very challenging Lake Chabot Trail Challenge Half Marathon... Stay tuned!