Faster than Fast

The 53rd Annual Fontana Days 5K is almost completely downhill. Not falling down, downhill, but a nice, gentle grade that blisters the feet, pounds the heels, and ruins the knees.

Ahhh, running. Where would podiatrists be without you?

The race was huge with over 600 runners. That's a lot of bodies to fit on a course. You'll note that I placed about twice again what I normally do, but the race size makes the reason for that obvious.

Because of the downhill nature of the race, typical runners will gain two to two-and-a-half minutes on their usual time. This was definitely true for me. So I put the blisters I earned from my scorching fast run, rather than from my poor form, or weak foot pads.

Anyhow, the news you want is here:

Overall - 97th
Time - 21:42
Division* - 7th
Splits - 7:00/mile


*I had problems with the sign-up, so you'll notice they didn't actually place me in an age division. That doesn't matter after 3rd place, but what the hell.