Rocking it in Denver

We the single biggest bummer of this race is that I have no photos to share with you. They why has a very long answer and simultaneously no answer at all, but I won't bore you. Matt and I didn't even get our official finish-line photo taken together because we didn't find each other. Boo.

Aside from that, everything was great, at least for me. Though I was at 5280 ft. compared with the 0ish ft. at Disneyland, I actually beat my pace at Disney. My official time was 2:29:01, 1 min 59 seconds faster than Disney. I guess my hill work paid off? It didn't feel like I was rocking it all that hard, but I made myself keep going and mentally I did really well. I have been flying on that high since the race.

Matt, on the other hand, did not have such a great race, even though he beat me almost 10 minutes. He was not feeling his best and it definitely put a wrench in the works.

It was fun seeing everyone and I loved running in my hometown. The course was really nice and had some great views of the city and the mountains, through gorgeous parks and past some of my favorite Denver spots.

All in all, a great experience … but I have to admit. I'm kind of glad to see an end to running season. We have just one more race planned for this year (the Turkey Trot – just 4 miles) and I will be happy to metaphorically hang up my shoes for a few months and figure out what races I want to run next year. Of course I do not plan to stop running … just fewer long ones and no training plan.