EASTER ROLLER COASTER 5K

So my second 5k race of the season was last weekend. As the name of the race implies, the course was really hilly, and like riding on a roller coaster, I sort of felt like puking at the end. The course started at the west end of Mountain Lake Park before moving along the south edge of the Presidio golf course, up to the Presidio gate on Pacific Avenue before turning around and returning the same way. The first 50 or so yards that I could see from the starting line looked easy enough but I knew I was in for it when the race director described at the start, "We go up a hill and then down and then up another hill and then turn around and return. It's really tough." That was an understatement. The series of 4 hills kicked my butt. Below are the official results. Out of 111 runners I finished 35th overall and 9th in my age group (30-39). My time was actually about 3 minutes slower than my first race back in the beginning of March. So that wasn't entirely encouraging but I chalk that up more to the course than my conditioning. Or at least I hope. We'll find out at the next race which looks like will be on 4/22.