Distance-half marathon
Best part- trail running
Worst part- undertrained
Recently a group of us ran the Tyanena beer run. Although not regestered, I filled in for Lauren who was out with an injury. Lauren signed up for the half which meant I had to run the half. Sports Management Timers were nice enough to change over the names ahead of time.
The weather was unbelievable. November in Wisconsin is not known for 70's. We took the Race Day Events van with 5 of us.
I hadn't been running long distances so I decided to go out at a smart pace. I spent the entire first 4 miles coasting behind (drafting) other runners. Some seemed confused and gave me looks as if drafting in running is illegal or something. Apparently they haven't watched much running on t.v. lately.
The course goes around Lake Mills which is bigger than I thought. A few nice climbs and very nice roads with little to no traffic. Several miles are on a gravel path that is wonderful for running and has trees on both sides so no wind.
Race was a lot of fun but the last several miles were very difficult as I haven't been running much more than 5 miles for training.
Got to beat Ryan, Kevin, and a few other friends and got beat by Jim near the end.
In the girls race-local legend Julie won it very easily.
My overall time was 1:33 which is o.k. for no long distance training. Great day. Lot's of nice people, good food and beer, and weather could not have been better.
This was my second year in a row at Tyranena and I will be back. This is a good race for all abilities.
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