Burnsville 5K Scamper

Excuses:

• my throat had been sore for a few days, so
• I hadn't run since Tuesday
• it was 39 degrees
• it was drizzling
• my knee (which had not been bothering me previously) began acting up after mile marker #2
• it's a hilly course
• I started too fast (1st mile in 9:14 -- WAY too fast for me)
• that hill at the end is bruu-tahl

This is me at the top of the hill, about 300 meters from the end of the race. I crossed the finish line at 30 minutes 32 seconds. I'd wanted to be under 30 minutes, but considering the above excuses, I am OK with that time. It gives me something to work for next year, when the weather will be better. I hope.

photo credit to James Harrison of the Asheville Citizen-Times