Daly Mansion 5k

On Saturday I ran in the Daly Mansion race. It was very nice out but the course wasn't the best. It was the same course that held the Hamilton Invitational Cross Country meet on the same day. Since we don't have a cross country team here, I had to run in the community race. Well the start line was in the middle of a gopher field. Lets just say the first thing I did was almost twist my ankle in a gopher hole. Then the race continued right into the yard next to the manison. I thought the race would be mostly flat.... awe to bad, the hills were itty bitty but they were steep and numerous. I was in first place for the females until the last 600m, then a 30+ year old came rushing past me. I held on to my second place and got my second best time. My time was 23:50.