Since I was still feeling fine after the marathon, I figured I’d do the Bolder Boulder again this year and see how much I’ve improved. It was a fun run, but very different than last year.
Last year I felt like a ran along with most of the crowd, but with plenty of people passing me. I passed very few people along the way. This year it was the opposite. I found myself passing people constantly. It was a rather nice feeling. 🙂
I’m not saying I’m fast. Far from it. But I beat my time from last year by almost 11 minutes (almost 2 minutes/mile!). And I finished in the top 1/4, instead of almost exactly half way back. I stopped at pretty much every water station and had a gulp or two of Gatorade, and dumped water on my head. It wasn’t incredibly hot, but still hotter than last year.
Here’s my GPS data on Strava. I think links to the official results become stale, so here they are in line:
- bib number:Â GK198
- overall place:Â 12375
- location:Â Longmont, CO
- division:Â M47
- division place:Â 135 out of 395Â
- gender place:Â 8227 out of 21460Â
- mile 1:Â 8:58.82
- mile 2:Â 9:25.73
- mile 3:Â 9:48.75
- mile 4:Â 9:37.00
- mile 5:Â 9:07.31
- mile 6:Â 9:45.74
- net time:Â 58:36.38
- pace:Â 09:25
- The view of the start of one of the many, many waves.
- There are lots of crazy costumes.
- The woman who started in front of me. The Vibram Five Finger shoes aren’t so weird, but the jeans are!
- We finish up in Folsom Field. What a beautiful day!
- And because I’m a nerd, here are my results from last year in line (it’s still possible to get to the official results, but it seems difficult to get a direct link that will stand the test of time, though I did just try):
- bib number:Â G095
- overall place:Â 24559/49211
- location:Â Longmont, CO
- division:Â M46
- division place:Â 262/411
- gender place:Â 13833/22358
- mile 1:Â 10:37
- mile 2:Â 10:32
- mile 3:Â 11:23
- mile 4:Â 11:27
- mile 5:Â 11:20
- mile 6:Â 11:40
- net time:Â 1:09:22
- pace:Â 11:09