The race director had this to say in her recap of Saturday's race...
"The 19.2 mile race saw a new overall course record by John Collins from Oak Harbor with a time of 2:13, wiping out Kyle Skagg’s time of 2:18 in 2006."
To even be mentioned in the same sentence with Kyle Skaggs is way too cool!!!
This was one tough race-me versus lots of hills, some cold weather and some shoe issues(laces and rocks in my socks). It was a 2 loop race and I spent most of the 1st loop chasing a guy who was only racing the 1 loop race, I didn't figure that out until about 5 miles in, but oh well I was already rockin' so I just kept rolling. My first loop was 1:04 and some change, despite stopping 3 times for shoe issues, I still hit a 1:08 for the 2nd loop with a little fatigue setting in just beyond 18 miles. GU and gatorade were my friends, hitting them up almost every 30 minutes on the dot!!!
When I came through loop 1 on record pace, I was stoked and motivated to push on and try to set a new standard...coming into the race my goal, which I set conservatively due to my 50k blow up and not knowing the course, was 2:30 to 2:40.
Peace Out!!!!
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Awesome job!!!! i could see you were knocking on the door!!! must feel great!
got any pics, any links to the write-up of the race?
thanks for the insight on refueling!
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