2nd Annual Kent City Ridge Run 15K

Workout: 15K race

Freaking Hills! Oh my good lord there were a lot of hills. I kept hoping it would flatten out a bit but it never seemed to. Arg!

The race was actually kind of fun. It was in this small town NW of Grand Rapids. I mean small, one stop sign, no light. Anyway it was a little windy and damp but not too bad. There were about 300 people starting for both races (5K & 15K). We all started at the same time, but after about a half mile the 5K folks took a different route. I was expecting the heard to thin out quite a bit, but there were actually many people running the 15K.

I was very fortunate to have a rabbit to follow. This woman named Katherine started out in front of me so I just latched on to her. Actually we kept passing each other. I was little faster on the uphills, she was a little faster on the downhill. She actually got a good 200 yard lead on me at about mile 7. There was long uphill at about mile 8, and I knew this was my chance. I dug down deep and caught her. My plan was to just pace her and finish with her, but… Once I saw the finish line I couldn’t control myself and I sprinted to the end passing 4 people. So fun!

But, as I said at the beginning there were a lot of hills. I’m posting the evaluation chart below so you can feel my pain. Arg… But probably a good workout.

9.3 miles/1:17:44/Avg 8:21