On Saturday I ran the Chuckanut 7 mile foot race and finished sixth for women in 49:18. The course was the Interurban trail where I run all the time though they skipped my favorite part down Arroyo Park and back up. Instead they opted to have us run around and just up- California hill, which got it's name from resembling Mt Shasta maybe?
I was supposed to start out nice and easy but maybe 7:14 mile was a little too easy? I felt like I did when I run 6:40 on the track so I was a little dissapointed at first. But at the top of Mt California I felt better than I thought I did ( well about half a mile after that thing really cuz no one was feeling good at the top of that thing.) so I got to take off and race a few people, a couple of who didn't go down without a fight! After hitting four miles in 29:06 I was glad to finish in 49:18.
I blame the slowness on the gravel which is everywhere- starting sooner and ending later each time I run that trail.
Congrats to Kiersten who ran her first seven mile race in around 53 minutes, she is a sprinter!
PS. One of my managers at work asked if I had run any marathons lately, I said no, but I had run a seven mile race. He wanted to know how long it had taken me. When I said 49 minutes he scrunched up his nose and said, "I thought you could run faster than that!"
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