10k in the Finger Lakes

On saturday morning I ran the Mill to Mill 10k along the Keuka Outlet Trail in Penn Yann. I completed the course in 54:00, and finished the race in 10th place overall. My time was almost exactly the same as my last 10k earlier this year.

While technically a trail race, the course was smooth and mostly flat unlike most of the trails I run on. I spent the first third of the race with a pair of runners who would finish as the top two female runners, but after that was alone on the rest of the course. However, the course was an out and back so I had the opportunity to see the full field on the turn around, and even caught up to some of the slower 5k runners towards the end.

My next race is the final Run Our Trails race which will be back on some more technical trails in Mendon Ponds.