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Norfolk Pub 10 Miler

Well, it has happened, I have finally raced again! I haven't raced since the half ironman back in September, although I have still been working out. This was a 10 mile run in Norfolk, CT. Norfolk is in Litchfield County, which equals uber hilly. The race had a nice start time of 11am. Sweet. The temp was 22 degrees, brrrr, and the roads had snow/ice coverage throughout much of it. I went into the race with the mindset that I was just going to take it easy, not out to break any records, but being the competitor I am I set a goal time for myself of 1:40 (10 min miles). I missed my goal by 1 min 17 seconds, with a total time of 1:41:17. I was a bit disappointed about that, but I ran the race very conservatively because this is the longest distance I've run in quite some time. I think the longest run before this I recently ran was around 6 or 7 miles. Despite missing my goal time I actually won my age group (albeit there were only 83 runners total). This was a fun race and the entry was a reasonable $15 (or $10 if you register early). It is definitely a challenging course, but fun, and you get a free beer with your bib tag at the end of the race!