Black Earth 10 Mile- 2010

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This was my first race of 2010. The weather here in Madison has been great with highs in the 70's recently. Day of race it had cooled off to about 45 and there was serious gusting winds out of the West.

We met about 10-15 bikers at Fleet Feet Madison http://www.fleetfeetmadison.com/ at 8 a.m. This race and brick workout were a celebration of Fleet Feet's 5th Birthday. Since the entire ride to Black Earth from Fleet Feet is West, we faced a strong wind the whole way. Since I had the 10 mile run coming up (some people were only biking or only doing 2 miles) I decided it would be alright to just sit in on the ride.

We got to the Black Earth Elementary School with plenty of time. Had some water, paid the $5.00 entry and waited inside for until the start. There were about 20 young kids at the start (elementary age) who were all racing the two mile. Some of them ran quite fast.

We all had a massive tail wind for the first five miles though you couldn't tell because it was from behind. I took it easy knowing that after the turnaround it would hurt. Ran the first 5 in 32 mins and hit the turn around with no one to draft. I slowed a bit and got behind a guy around my age. We took turns leading most of the way back and a third guy joined us with about 2.5 to go and lead most of the way. Managed to hang in their with the wind and finish in 66:44. Was surprised with the time because of all the wind. Great start to the race season. Ride back seemed to take about 10 minutes only as we had the wind at our backs. Next up-Crazy legs!