Race Report
Badger State Games in 1:30:41.7. The race managed to just fit in between two lines of Midwest thunderstorms, which left the road damp at the start, and probably scared off the less-serious crowd, leaving most of the same faces as last week. Unlike last week, everyone took off at the start before things settled down after the first few miles and I ended up in a nice group for 24 miles until they upped the pace after the last hill to end a minute ahead The hills were surprisingly sucky since they were big enough to notice, but just short enough to sprint up. And while the middle half of course was amazingly smooth pavement, the ends were foot-numbingly coarse. Though that might have been a bonus since it was quite grippy even when wet. It felt a lot faster than last weekend, but given that this course was supposedly slightly under-distance, there's almost no difference.