¡Ganador!

After checking the results from previous years, I'm happy to say I picked up a PR last weekend on a favorite 10K course of mine.

The Littleton Stride 10K is a challenging course, quite hilly with quite a few turns mixed in for the fun of it. It's quite a bit like the Bolder Boulder, but with a big ridge in the middle of the course that you climb at miles two and five. It was a race I ran in 2001, 2002, and 2003, and a place where I trained extensively when I lived in Littleton from 2000-2004 before heading off on, as Old Ben Kenobi would've said, "...some damned fool idealistic crusade..." (Attempt to make the 2004 Olympic Trials in Triathlon).

I had a great time at the race. My buddies John and Brian (who I'll be racing IM Wisconsin with next summer) joined me in the race and turned some great results even after pounding out some very long miles last weekend. I also met some new faces, and bounced some ideas off of people about starting a running group sponsored by one of the local running stores (and a local micro-brewery, of course!).

Anyway, here's the race history for me:
2001: 35:43, 5:45 min/mile pace, 2nd Overall
2002: 35:49, 5:46 min/mile pace, 4th Overall
2003: 35:46, 5:46 min/mile pace, 1st Overall
2007: 35:35, 5:44 min/mile pace, 1st Overall

Here's the route, courtesy of mapmyrun.com (check out the elevation profile!)...
http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-states/co/littleton/508483278

Probable next race? Philly 1/2 Marathon, November 18th.