dam to dam ‘09
This past weekend was the Dam to Dam 20K back home in the motherland, and as has been the case the past 2 years, I made the trek south with some friends from the Cities (and Ankeny). As usual, it was both a tiring and entertaining weekend, but well worth it. I even managed to run into a couple friends after the race.
I’m not sure if all the stars were aligned or if I ate something magical, but I managed to hit a personal best by about 12 minutes; I finished 148th out of 6500 finishers with a time of 1:23:38 (about a 6:44 mile pace). However, I probably ran harder than I should have. I came as close as I ever have in my life to throwing up after running, and it pretty much made it impossible to eat much of the free food and beer they had available afterwards =(
