Training Log Archive: cmorse

hoping to do the Forest Park 5k tonight, so just kept it short and easy this AM.

parked on the south side of the park and ran across to the stadium. Amazingly, park was dry and travelling to/from via 83 was a non-issue with the tornados. Yet listening to the radio on the way home, some folks took 2-3 hours from Springfield to Enfield and other areas not 2 miles from where I was. And came down near Hampden which supposedly got hit hard and no traffic in or out, yet 83 was fine. Weird....

Light crowd owing to multiple tornados touching down in the area. Perhaps 15 folks including Dom & Vicki from the Striders. Started in back, eased down the road and moved up as we hit the first downhill. Hit the wet single track behind a younger kid (14ish?) and he took the board across the stream I just went through. Pushed up the first uphill and never looked back. About halfway around I noticed 2nd & 3rd gaining a bit on me but about 100m back, pushed a bit harder and maintained my gap and then totally opened up on the final downhill and climb to finish to win by about a minute. WOOT! I'll take 'em where I can get 'em....

Happy Hills training definitely paid off tonight...

{edit} looking back, this is a course PR for me by about 40s - and tonight was pretty warm & steamy, so certainly not a 'fast' night out there.

C • Forest Park 6