Garden of the Gods 10 Miler - wow.

I hadn't ran the Garden of the Gods 10 miler for several years ... I thought I would see where I am at as far as endurance and speed almost 5 years apart from the last time I did it. The route has changed a bit (it now starts and ends in Manitou at Memorial Park)... but what a great run ... beautiful scenery ... perfect weather ... I felt fantastic ... lots, and lots of runners and no SNAKES ON THE TRAIL encounters either! I finished (like usual) in the middle of the pack, but with my second best time ever out of all the times that I have done this race. The water stations were manned by area high school running teams - they had their own brand of competition going on. Pretty cool. I liked them all - one thing that they did have in common - water on the right. Gatorade on the left! Hope you got out this weekend, too.