kreiderville 5k challenge. 2014 edition

This is a tough course. No way to get around that. We've done this race three times before.  (2011, 2012, 2013). You choose 5 or 10K if you run. No choice for walkers.

We arrive, parked on the lawn and hiked down to the bridge. No crazy lines this year. Maybe it was because it was a Sunday, but  there were less runners and hardly any walkers. I walked illegally. I went to the registration tent and they couldn't find me on the list.

This year the 5 and 10K started at the same time. The course never changes significantly.  It starts with a small hill up from the covered bridge, and you turn a corner, go down a bit. Then you go up. And up. And up. For 9/10 a mile, then turn a corner and go up another 1/4 of a mile. Everything that comes after that is a walk in the park. They don't call this a challenge for nothing.

Halfway up the hill everyone was out of site. Usually I'm in the back walking with Lydia. But she didn't go this year. I had hopes I'd be further front. Hope spring eternal. I was dead last. At the top of the hill I saw these silos filled with corn.

I finished in 55:40. About my time the first year. Last year I was over 60 minutes. the year before 58. The first year 55:37. Of course I didn't cross the finish line. I was a nonparticipant.

These are the signs on the road. I loved them.