March 2008

March 08
March was the last of the Footzone Winter Series Run and was also the time for my first race of the season. I had put in 3 months of base building and 1 month of training and now was the time to find out what kind of shape I was in. And yes, there was still snow on the ground.

I ran Portland Shamrock 15k in 1:02:09 and that was a PR for me. Shamrock starts in Downtown Portland and takes you up the hills by OHSU and then back down waterfront and you finish where you started. If you are good at uphills or downhills you can fair well and if you do both well this is a course for you. I have never been real strong on the hills but I made it a point to work on it in my training. Downhills have not been a problem for me and my splits show that. I cruised up the hills at 7:00 min pace and the put the hammer down when we turned the corner and headed south.

Logged appox 75 miles