Hello fellow Steamtown racers,

Just wondering how everybody fared in the race?

I didn't make my goal of 3:30, but did finish in 3:43 with a PR so I'm ok with it.

I know we didn't have the weather debacle as in Chicago, but we did have to deal with unseasonably high temps and humidity in Scranton. I can honestly say I didn't outwardly feel the effects of the weather. Perhaps the cloud cover helped keep that awful feeling of being beat up by the heat at bay. I did/do have tremendously sore quads and calves. I'm thinking mostly from the hills, but don't really know if it might also be the effects of the heat. I was cramping during the last 8 miles, but it was manageable.

My original goal of 3:30 was down graded to 3:36 when the weather forecast started creeping up. During the race, my legs were so beat up (I thought from the hills, now I'm not so sure), that I simply couldn't lift them like I wanted. I felt very good aerobic/cardio wise. I wanted to GO, but my legs were not cooperating. I down graded my goal again and thought I could pull off a sub 3:40, but just couldn't do it.

None of my friends/running buddies reached their goals in this race. They cited the heat as a huge factor. I would love to hear how others did.

Karen