Mayors 5 Miler 18 June

This event has a marathon , half, and 5 miler. It's one of the biggest running events in the state. I opted for the 5 miler in order to keep my speed sharp and because I was raceing an hour run in just 5 days. Doing the half would be pushing the recovery envelope on being able to fully recover for that. 

Unlike last year, it was warm and sunny for this one and no bears messed with the runners. The 5 miler was an out and back finishing up the hill that we deal with at the Skinny Raven Half in July. I went out pretty easy and just before the 3k had passed all the other women. At the turnaround, I latched on to a group of guys that pulled me down to 3:55 ish per km and I thought...oh dear....I'm going to pay dearly for this on that last 900m climb to the finish. I did not and eeked in under 32 minutes on a course where that final hill can eat up to 30 seconds. It didn't seem to bother me and I managed a win.