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Off on Monday, so I took advantage of the good weather and got 20.3 miles in, three hours.  Hilly course through the Garden and Manitou.  Probably my last long road run before NYC.

On Saturday I ran the Mine To Mine Challenge, a 9K up in Cripple Creek.  Hard course, the first two miles are some steep downhill (I hit 5:45 and 5:44) and then suffered after that.  Held things together until mile 4.5 or so, then fell apart.  My garmin had the day at 5.75 miles in 36:14.  Results are here.  I was talking to Adam R after the race and he said he and Levassiur hit the first mile in 4:30.

Pic of me near the finish, courtesy of Pikes Peak Sports.  Kircher is somewhere well behind me at this point: