Rain held off for this Sunday morning start. Dave and I warmed up on the course. Pretty flat being most on a former railway. Safe out and back on the bike path with a river and few roads to cross. I had bib #6 based on seed time of 21 minutes. Lined up on cone #6 as one runner at a time started every 5 seconds. Runner 7 caught me a quarter mile in. I passed him after we crossed the Merrimack River a half mile in. 6:34 passed upon mile 1.
The leaders already turned back and were coming at me. Dave trailed by a stride. I had nothing to yell other than "yup" confirming the battle Dave knew he signed up for with Mark Laprade who would hold on for the win. I soon turned around on the trail (about 10:25 on the watch) and opened the stride a bit to shake foot steps shadowing me. Mile 2 was around 6:39. The runner ahead was no where in sight so it was me and my thoughts. I ran another 6:39 and finished up 5th and 20:39. Pretty happy with it.
Set off with a 3 mile cool down with Dave and Jim Angell (3rd). We got back to the post race awards and got a blanket for the age group win. Only fitting for a cool May weather day that required the heat to be turned up when getting home. Thank you to Krissy for the company and photos.
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