Orienteering race 4:39:44** 46.35 km (6:02 / km) +700m5:37 / km ahr:149 max:165 shoes: O-VJ Integrator Cleats
Valley Forge Marathon. Clem was the man today. Ross hammered around the first 2.5 hours with Clem not far behind. Then Ross ran out of gas and Clem continued the pace for 4:10:41 - 5:56/km for the O'distance of 42.2km
I started late and tried a strategy of running at HR 145-150 or so for the entire race. Unfortunately, this ended up being far too easy for the first half - and it did get hard by the last 1/4, but I was already 19 minutes behind after the 1st. half. I gained a few minutes on Lacho & Ross from there, but lost more to Clem.
I'm looking forward to running the mass start, with Angelica (who, very untimely, was too sick to run today), at the Fair Hill Orienteering Marathon next December...