Rocky Mountain Pain
RACE DAY
2:27:46 – 13.1 Miles
Hilly. Wet. Hard. Pain. Wow.
As a couple thousand of us gathered around under trees to avoid as much of the rain until the start, I sensed this would be a different race. With one half marathon under my belt, I started wondering how close today’s Rocky Mountain Half Marathon would be to that one. There were some differences.
For one, there were 4 hills in the first 3 miles. After hill I kept saying that there must be a downhill coming soon. Not so much.
Second, it was raining, which I generally love to run in, but toss in some wind and it is no good.
Third, around mile 9 there was a shooting pain in my left knee. I did what I always do and ran through it. Seemed fine until I slowed to a stop to grab a gel and Gatorade. Then the pain would not stop.
The good stuff: knocked 22 minutes off my last half marathon.
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