The largest 10k in the world is right here in Boulder, I did
this race last year for the first time since we moved from IL. I knew it would be a running race I would
continue to do each and every year on Memorial day. I am coming off an running injury with my hip
which kept me out of Wildflower and hurt my Oceanside race. I took 4 weeks off running after Oceanside
and have been running again for 4 weeks building back up slowly. I felt ready to race on Monday even though I
had a big training day on Saturday. I
got there early and was starting with the first wave of sub 38 min
runners. I was feeling a little old in
this wave as 85% of the people there looked like they were under 21 years
old. Either way the race was off and
again Jesus was out with the devil in a full first mile sprint. I settled in around mid pack passing folks
for the first 2 miles or so. It is still
amazing to me how quiet is it running in a pack of fast runners all wearing
racing flats, everyone runs on their forefoot.
My hip and lower legs were feeling pretty good the entire race, mile 4
and 5 were a little slower, but nothing too bad. This is not a very fast 10k with an uphill
finish and a few rollers on course, I was just hoping to go a little faster
than last year. I finished about 30 sec
faster then the previous year, so I was pretty happy with that time coming of
an injury. Zoot sent me a pair of Kiawe
racing flats, I think this made all the difference, these new shoes were
great. Even though I like to run in
stability shoes, neutral racing flats are my choice for running only races. The Kiawe are full lace and symmetrical, a
little different than most of the Zoot shoes, they felt tight and fast around
corners. Anyway the 2012 Bolder Boulder
is in the books and I was happy with my time, even though it placed me 183/55000.
6th /453 in the 33 age group
183/55000
M1 – 5:43
M2 – 5:54
M3 – 6:10
M4 – 6:04
M5 – 5:51
M6 – 5:58
Total – 36:57
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