31.24 miles, 5:32:16, 10:38/mi. Too tired for a full race report now, but got my heat/hill/long run training in today. These lap courses are killing me... Short and sweet. 3 10 mile loops and one short 1.1+ mile loop. I dislike loop courses and loop 3 just sucked out loud. Lord Hill itself is like hiking up a ski slope, but its not too terribly long. Plenty of other climbing and descending for a reported total of 5100' of elevation gain. Plenty of flats and gentle grades too though. Lap 1 my average pace was about 10 min/mi. Lap 2 it had faded to about 10:10 min/mi. Lap 3 it tanked. Lap 3 it also got warm/hot out and even though most was in the shade with some breeze, the heat took a toll. Finished behind the same guy I did at Taylor Mountain but I closed the gap a bit, so a sign I'm getting into shape a bit more? My sore hip flexors definitely told me I'd worked my climbing gears. Still loving racing in the hokas, but I did turn my ankle a couple of times again.
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