Duluth Results!

Holy cats was it cold! It's still winter up in northern Minnesota. I had a great weekend with 2 races in less then 12 hours. 

I ran the 5k and was 2nd overall out of about 1,700 people. The course is very flat and the way back was into the wind. Myself and 2 others seperated early from the main pack and went through mile 1 around 4:34 and then mile 2 was into the wind so i sat in and drafted the whole mile. We went through mile 2 around 5:08 and then with a mile to go we started changing the lead and shacking things up a bit. Then rounding the backside of the DECC it was just he and I. We both made our moves and sprinted it out and Scott, a 24 year old from Duluth beat me by about 4 seconds. Hats off to him, it was a great race. 

Then I cooled down and  started getting ready for tomorrow.  I finished with a 15:22.

Up and at um early, we awoke to fog, mist, slight tail wind and 45 degrees... and the gun went off at the start of another Gary Bjorklund Half Marathon. What a sweet course, with great support and big crowds! Half way through i felt slugish and tierd but then with 2 miles 2 go i opened it up and bolted for the finish line. I saw my mom, my wife Janelle and our kids gave them a high five and ended up running the last mile in 5:10.

I took 53rd place out of 7,592 runners and ran my 3rd best time 1:11.58. Had i not ran the 5k I would have ran a new Personal Best.  And considering that i only run about 3 days a week, and that i am training specifically for a long distance endurance race in September. 

So another great weekend filled with fast times and good memories.  I will return next year to race but i dont know what race yet. It is to soon to tell, and next year i bet it will be hot weather.

I am now in Madison, Wisconsin and heading out the door to preview all 112 miles of bike course amd then run 6 miles and see how my legs feel.  

Adios!