I flew into Portland on Saturday night and watched a bit of the Olympics and tried to get some sleep. The race was scheduled for 9 AM and it was uncharacteristically warm and humid, so I opted to go shirtless, which I really only do if it's really warm. I thought that I knew where I was going (but didn't, of course),so we only got there about 20 minutes before the start. After an abbreviated warm-up. We were ready to go. I saw Portland area master's ace Joe Dudman there and knew that I would have my hands full, as he is always in the mix. Lots of weird twists and turns (and even some stairs) to navigate in this race, so it was definitely interesting. I actually felt decent and pretty relaxed through the first mile, which was about 5:18 for me. I lost contact with the leaders soon after that and was left chasing them the rest of the way. I ended up running 16:50 to take 4th overall and was the second masters runner behind the affore-mentioned Mr.Dudman. I wasn't displeased with my time, all things considered, but hope to be under 16:30 within a month or so (to take down the master's course record of 16:45 at the 'Run for the Animals' on September 13th).
My training is going well and I am looking forward to the Payette Lake 30K on Labor Day weekend. If that goes well I am strongly considering the City of Trees Marathon on October 5th.
I am really excited to be a part of Team Apex and I hope that my experience proves to be helpful to others !
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