Thompson Park
This entry was posted on 10/22/2011 12:15 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
This was the type of day I've been waiting for! By the time the race was over it was still in the 40s, Perfect! I just felt lighter and faster without the humidity holding me down. They got the course back to the original layout, probably very close to an actual 5K (measured on a bike with odometer.) I ran very well. It's funny because for the last two weeks my mileage has been very low, post half marathon. Then this week, I cranked it back up and felt so much better running today. Monmouth U. and NYU men's XC teams showed up and I managed to beat a few college kids! That's always a bonus. I ran 18:09, exactly the same time I ran 2 years ago in my build up for the Philly Marathon. The conditions were great, true cross-country; slippery leaves, roots, branches, and in one or two places mud so deep that a few people had their shoes sucked off their feet!! With warm up and cool down 7 for the day.
