Steve,

Don't forget that you are 30 something and the winner was 17 or 18.
When he gets to 30, you'll crush him. Congrats!

Could you be doing a tad too much speedwork?

Larry

--- In mid_penn_trail_blazers@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Templin"
<stemplin@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for all the congrats, but I don't know what happened to me at
> tha race. I believe I started slower than I usually do, and I wasn't
> able to bridge the gap when I finally got up to speed. The guy who
won
> ran the exact time as last year and I was just shy of 2 minutes
SLOWER
> than last year's time. My speedwork and long runs have been faster,
> but so far this year I have slowed on the trail. I guess I'll have
to
> attack the hills a little harder and see what happens. Maybe I will
> test that strategy this Sunday at the Ugly Mudder.
>