Race report: Mint City 10-Miler

St Johns, Michigan was a chilly and very, very damp place on Saturday, 8 August.  I didn’t particularly feel like running, but I seem to run better when I feel like crap.  Saturday was no exception.  The race started 30 minutes late because of lightning.  That gave me a bit of extra time for stretching, though, which helped a lot, especially given the fact that it rained for the entire race.  That helped keep me cool, though, and enabled me to manage a pretty decent run.  I didn’t place well in my age group, but I rarely do.  My time was very good for me.  I ran the second half of the race faster than the first, and I managed a 7:46 time for my 10^th mile, by far my fastest mile of the race.

Time:  1 hour, 26 minutes, 54 seconds

Age group:  Men 30-34

Rank in age group:  11^th of 12

Overall rank:  86^th of 162