The weather was perfect for this year’s Escalade. I got to the Bastions
in Geneva in time to see C. run his race. I cheered for him on each of his
three laps, but he was so focused that he never saw me. I then made my way to
the starting line where I joined 650 other ladies running the women’s masters race. I got close enough to the front to avoid getting stuck behind slow
runners, but not too close to hinder faster runners. The pace was fast from the
start. Most of the races I enter are 10Ks, so a 5K is not a distance I’m used
to. Besides that, my Garmin had given out on me earlier in the week. I didn’t
know how I was doing except in comparison to other women I recognized. When S.,
with whom I had been chatting during the men’s masters race, passed me as we
started the second lap, I was determined not to let her get out of my sight.
Other than the times she went around corners in the old city, I was able to do
just that. The pictures and finisher’s clip below attest to that.
S. (and others) gaining on me
S. about to overtake me
S. finishing 9 seconds ahead of
me
Gotta run…
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