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Steven Dubois states on FB
· Another year, another running of the Irish Road Rover 5K in Portland. For the 2nd year in a row, the race took place on the Eastern Promenade Trail, but this year, parts of it were under water. Huge puddles, some avoidable, but one really deep one with no way around. My socks are still wet. Also they had to alter the turn around as the official turnaround is temporarily part of the ocean. We simply turned left instead of right to reach the turn around and had to hop a curb. While there was a slight drizzle at times, it was insignificant compared to the rain before the race. As for me, well, my legs were seemingly unwilling participants. They were heavy and sluggish before the end of the 1st mile. It could be my reduced milage as I’m rebuilding from in jury, it could have been daylight savings time, it could have been the wet and windy conditions, or it could have been a combination. I didn’t do awful, but I was way off from my goal and over 40 seconds slower than last year. I finished 56th out of 393 runners(over 800 registered so many did not race due to the conditions) with a time of 22:11. No age group award this year, but I didn’t miss by much.
The good news is that in the running club team competition, Sabattus Rec Running Club finished 3rd. My next race will not be until April as next weeks race was cancelled due to construction on the race course.
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Paige Mills states on FB: · It was sweet to take first for women and help @valortc_portland take the club dub today! I was running this one for my mom who I’d love to think is watching all this action from a birds eye view ?
Thank you Maine Running Photos for pic #1 and the Irish Road Rover 5k for an incredible time this morning in the wind and rain ?? Today was less about the clock and more about attitude and that team score ? We are all about team at VTC! Can’t wait for the next!
ps: Shout out to my clients who absolutely crushed today in the tough conditions ? I’m so proud of them and grateful to do what I do
A crazy twisting, turning 12 mile loop of single-track trails filled with rocks, roots, bumps and hills. Save something for the last two miles, this is where you will earn your bruises.
