Well I should not call this a race report since I only ran it to get some miles in. The seven weeks of injury inteuption caused a lot of endurance loss so I knew there was little point of worrying about time.
Started off on this very hilly out and back course with 7:24, 8:03 and 8:23 miles which was way too fast for my current shape and the large number of hills on the next seven miles.
The next four miles were more reasonable until the larger hills really started wearing out my legs. It was weird, not breathing very hard but nothing in the legs on the longer hills. Miles were 8:16, 8:25, 8:35 and 10:00 which included a pit stop.
The next three miles were slow and difficult even with the motivation of the person just ahead of me having an up close and personal visit with a brown bear (less than five feet away). I never saw the bear but was probably too tired to notice. Miles were 8:50, 9:05 and 9:10.
The last three miles I just held on to finish. Miles were 9:25, 9:20 and9:10 and missed the final .1 time.
Not the greatest day ever, but the really good news is my S.I. joint hardly bothers me two hours after the finish. And that is worth way more than the time in any race. I feel like I can start to train for real again!
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