HARRC 10 mile race
I was originally planning on running the Hands-on-House 5k or 1/2 marathon this weekend. The plan fell through since I wasn’t paying enough attention and didn’t realize it was on Saturday (I thought it was a Sunday race). After realizing my mistake on Saturday afternoon, I decided I needed a new plan and saw that the Harrisburg Area Road Runners Club was having a run on the Stoney Creek rails-to-trail path on Sunday morning (10 or 4 mile options) , so I decided to hit that.
I ended up getting to the starting area about 2 minutes before the race began, did a really really quick warmup, and we were off. The first two miles of the road/trail were a bit rougher than I was expecting, with lots of small potholes, although the rest of the trail was pretty nice. Just after the 2nd mile mark, Tadd Morris pulled along side and we ended up running together for almost the entire remaining 8 miles (although he was off to do another 10 miles once this run finished). Having some company definitely made the effort feel easier. The trail has a slight incline so the 2nd half of the run definitely had a faster pace. I think this was my best longish run to date.
The race directors (Bruce Irvin and his wife Rachel) did a nice job with putting blazes along the trail to mark the miles and set out a water stop at the 2/8 mile mark. Water and yummy cookies were available at the finish area.
Distance: 10.18 according to GPS
Time: 1:15:08
Average Pace: 7:22/mile
Average Heart Rate: 169
September 30th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Hehe, that’s very amusing. Though I think you would have had a good time running HoH it was a blast. The shirts were very nice too.
Now that I am done with that, I think I need to go out to a HARRC event and check out the club.
October 3rd, 2007 at 2:21 am
Sorry to see you missed the race. It was a good time. Man.. That’s a good pace you are pulling off over 10 miles. You would have torn that half up. Not sure if you have run it before, but I would recommend the HOH next year. Really scenic course.
October 7th, 2007 at 9:12 am
Yeah it sounds like everyone really enjoyed HoH, I’ll definitely try to add it to my race calendar for next year (and even get the day right next time).
November 25th, 2007 at 1:35 am
[...] of hitting 8 miles in under an hour, which I’ve only done once before (at the HARRC 10 miler, my best medium distance run yet). I ended up clocking a 7:10 7th mile and then started pushing as hard as I could and hit the 8th [...]