Me, I hammed it up a little on the way (albeit without eating any free bacon--ick!) but ran hard. I had a good pace and it was nice and cool at the start. I was entered in the sub-60 no proof wave, meaning I started with a bunch of people who thought they could run it in under an hour but have no other official 10k's under their belts to prove it. My goal was to get sub-50, hopefully in the 48 minute range, as my best training time over the 6 mile trail I used (10k's = 6.2 miles) was 47.46.
Much to my surprise, I passed lots and lots of people from the waves in front of me and found a perfect rhythm in my steps. The best part was the hills didn't phase me; I've been running up Mount Sanitas in town, so my legs thought the paved hills were a piece of cake! The final result: 47.46 seconds by my watch! Officially, the Bolder Boulder site online lists my time at 47.45, which I'll take :) I was very happy with the results, as it meant I averaged 7 minute 41 second miles--nothing superhuman but very good for me!
I watched the "finish line" race cam sponsored by channel 4 CBS this morning (search "race cam"). If anyone really wants to see my lightning finish (I actually RAN the track portion of the race), I come in at 8:26:06 AM, on the inside of the track. I was in all dark clothes since I wore my fabled HOMESTAR RUNNER T shirt! All in all a good day and I got to see some friends apres race: Jody (whose house I ran by at mile 1) was cheering me on as well as working a booth at the race festival; Doug and his family from Hooked, Stephan and Susanne also working the final Hooked booth at the BB, pals Joe and Vicki from frisbee, and a few other familiar faces. All in all a really fun day! Oh, and it might be noted that I was able to defeat two gorillas and a banana, but I did get beaten by one gorilla and several super heroes!
