Until that point, my calves actually felt less fatigued than in the Slacker Half Marathon, but after Mile 8, they started to protest. Then I knocked off the next six miles at roughly 7:30-7:40 pace. About a mile-and-a-half in, I passed her as the pace seemed a bit too easy. Most of it was on soft surfaces, he said, “and I usually run about a minute per mile slower on dirt than pavement.” Even though the route has about 850 feet of net elevation drop, the first couple miles are a loop with a few undulations. My friend Tom from the Fort Collins Running Club shared his wisdom about the course as he had run it numerous times. Note to self: always wear warmup clothes and take advantage of the bag drops before a race. start by Georgetown Lake with the air temperatures in the low 50s Fahrenheit. Then I had an hour to stand around and shiver before the 8:00 a.m. I got there with enough time to nap in the PT Cruiser for 45 minutes before hopping on a yellow school bus that drove runners to the start in Georgetown. in the morning to drive to and park at the race finish in Idaho Springs, about 90 miles from where I live. This would basically be a training run, but one that I would wake up at 3:30 a.m. Realistically I was not going to be in good shape to run 13.1 miles at anything approximating race pace so I set my goals pretty low: get in the miles while beating my very first half marathon time ( 1:53:12) from 1998. I heeded his warning and only tested jogging with the not totally healed arm on an easy trail run/hike a couple days before the race. To avoid the risk of displacing the broken radial head any more, my doctor strongly recommended avoiding impact and jarring motions (i.e., “don’t run”) for a few weeks. When I signed up for the Georgetown-Idaho Springs Half Marathon, this was supposed to be my “A” race for the summer-especially after a disappointing performance in the Slacker Half Marathon in late June.īut then in mid-July I fractured my left elbow in a bicycle commuting accident.
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