Wow! What an amazing race. Leg 1 was more up than I had anticipated and it was hot. OK- so it was extremely gradual. I think I actually like to run a hill that I can see than something that appears flat and has a slight incline. My splits for leg 1 were 7:21, 7:32, 7:40 and 8:41(I have no idea what happened here). AP- 7:49 My second run was Leg 13. It was 8.5 miles (rated very hard)- Downhill. The first mile was actually a pretty good climb, followed by a fast down. It was very fun. I ran it in the dark. I started out with a head lamp but at about 1.5 miles I took it off to fix it because it kept hitting me in the nose, and the batteries fell out, so I ran the rest of the run in total darkness. My splits were 9:31 (300 ft increase in elevation), 6:39, 6:51, 7:33, 7:21, 6:53, 6:57, 7:11, and 3:19 (.5 miles). AP- 7:20. It was fun running fast and passing lots of people, I had 16 "kills" on this leg. I know its pathetic but I felt like an all-star passing people like they were standing still. (Yes- I know, some people are beginning runners... but it was still motivating to actually be able to pass someone).
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