Put on by the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, the race took place over on the East side of the city, next to the College.  It was quite a small field of racers – less than 100 in total perhaps over both the 10K and 5K races; perhaps because we’re still just getting back in the swing after Covid.

The race was a 5K in and out, twice for the 10K, along park trails.  Apparently due to construction the course had been modified from previous years – I haven’t run this one before.

Around the 3K mark there was a fairly lengthy uphill climb.  Not huge elevation, just a long run up.  Once you got to the top there were a series of twists, turns, and turnabouts, so it was not a lot of time to recover and get back up to stride .. until you we got back to the hill in the opposite direction.

It was a good race. It got off to a pretty quick start and was able to maintain a fairly decent pace, averaging out at 5:43 minutes/km, which is exactly the same as the 8K last week at the Spring Run Off. Is this my pace?

Chris and I managed to place 1st & 3rd in our age category.  He’s super speedy with a pace almost a minute better than mine.

Heat was still an issue – even though I was in T shirt and shorts, I got super hot: I can’t strip down much more, but will switch to ankle socks and tank tops soon.

something under 3 min/km.