2023 Unsupported Trail Race Unofficial Challenge #2
Bear Hole Reservoir 11.2 km (7.0-miles)
This was my second Sunday running "hard" in a row.
I was feeling a bit "low" with a nasal infection and slight head cold, but I figured a late afternoon decent effort run couldn't hurt too much.
The first surprise at Bear Hole was the 10k course had some changes in it. Off the paved forest road section and into more winding single-track. Running this way, the mileage markers were almost a mile off (where we used to have mile-2 it was mile-3, etc). Thinking that the end with the two grueling short steep uphills would be out - I decided to tackle the entire NET (Metacomet) section that once was from mile 3 onwards (today, it began about mile 4). That didn't happen.
In the end, the 10k measured out to 7-miles. I felt as though I was just crawling towards the finish. Yet, I managed to run the 7 miles in 74 minutes, for an average pace of 5.69 mph or 10:34 per mile. This was difficult, especially those last 3-miles.
- Mile 1 Averaging 6.4 mph
- Mile 2 Averaging 6.3 mph
- Mile 3 Averaging 6.2 mph
- Mile 4 Averaging 6.0 mph
- Mile 5 Averaging 5.9 mph
- Mile 6 Averaging 5.8 mph
- Mile 7 Averaging 5.7 mph
