top ten!

i got my first top-ten finish in a trail race on saturday. the course was a hilly 20k (with just under 3k feet of climbing) in the hills above stinson beach.

the course climbs 1500 feet in the first 5k, and i went out way too hard, and thought i was toast by the time i hit the top of the first hill, but i managed pull it together for the rest of the run, (not running for the two weeks prior to the race didn't help) even though my left calf started cramping during the last 200 meters.