Dream Team ERA 5K

At mile 20 in Boston Marathon, runners hit what's called Heartbreak Hill. The description of this 1/2 mile ascent is apt. It's a late climb in the race when energy stores are at their lowest, and muscles and feet their sorest. Then, suddenly looms this monstrous hill to crush the life from even the most stalwart runners.

The Dream Team ERA was something like that. We started the race going up hill. Then we made a left-hand turn up a steeper hill, then a right-hand turn up an even steeper hill. We then had a small dip, a slight hill, and finally we made the turn-around, so that everything was downhill, pounding our little hearts and feet all the way to the finish line.

I passed a lot of runners who, on a flatter course, would have crushed me easily. But I run the 5-mile round trip of Mt. Rubidoux near our house almost every weekend. It's not a terribly steep grade, but it's enough to get your hill work in, and prepare you for just this kind of fun and excitement.

They don't currently have their results online so I could be making all this up. I am, after all, in marketing, and thus a known liar. I'll get the link into this post as soon as it goes live:

Overall - 31st
Time - 23:42 (perfect pace for me)
Division - 7th
Splits - 7:39/mile