Haney to Harrison

November 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of running on the VFAC Open Mixed team in the Haney to Harrison Relay race. This race marks the end of the running season for many runners so it is a fun event for many but is also very competitive amongst the club teams and also amongst the leg runners. This was my second time running the race, the first time I was on VFAC’s “fast” team the Open Men which was fun also but not as low key as being on a mixed team (must be from the lower testosterone levels). Our team had a goal of medaling which we accomplished actually placing first in our division beating out 41 other teams. Everyone ran really well on our team. Trudi ran long because of a marshaling error in Stage one, Sue ended up running 2 legs(hardcore), Ryan, Chris and Trefor had solid runs also. I have to say I was the slow one on our team… I was really pumped to run well on my leg (stage 3) which is arguably the toughest leg in the race due to the fact you are blasting straight up and out of Stave Lake from the gates. I was confident my normally above average hill climbing could propel me to a decent placing but 2 things prevented me from that. 1) Taking off way to fast (look at my HR data below) and 2) my hamstrings were very tight probably from the race the previous weekend and my first interval session with VFAC since June the Thursday prior to the H2H. Anyhow besides my sub par run I had a blast especially the social aspect afterwards at the pub in Harrison. I am looking forward to defending our title next year and improving on my leg time.

Run Data
Time: 1:03:03
HR: Ave 180, Low 170, High 202 (that is called blowing your gasket in the first 2k!!!)

HR/Elevation