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Solstice Run 2010 – Running without the horses…

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The second annual (for me) Solstice Run in Northville Michigan has come and gone.
The Northville Solstice Run has several races, 5K, 10K, and new in 2010 a 10 Mile race. They all feature a starting lap around the Northville Downs horse race track. Giddy Up!

Victory at Northville Downs.

Photos were taken of the event by the faithful support team.

The official results for the race. Not what I would have hoped, or even expected, off from last year by several minutes. (2009 was 57:57)
Bringing Home the Roses.

There are trotters, pacers, thoroughbreds, quarter horses, plow horses and nags.
Guess it was the day for the plow horses….,

George

Solstice 10K Race in Northfield Michigan June 27, 2009

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The Northville Road Runners sponsor the “Solstice Race” which has both a 5K and a 10K road race. The feature this year is the start of the race in a lap of Northville Downs a sulky racing horse track.

The 2009 Flirt with Dirt 10K Trail Race

I entered the 10K (6 miles) race just because it sounded like a good idea at the time.

The course starts with a lap around the horse track, and that is just about the only flat place on the course! It goes through a couple residential neighborhoods, and then through downtown Northville and into Ford Field a local park. Using the data created by my Garmin FR305, downloaded into Sports Tracks, then saved as a jpg file, shows the course winding around from the track, through the neighborhoods and then back through town.

The 2009 Flirt with Dirt 10K Trail Race

An elevation map, not the biggest hills ever, but enough to let you know they are there.

The 2009 Flirt with Dirt 10K Trail Race

The final results.

The official final stats.

    Some stats for the race:
    a) 10 Kilometers
    b) finished 386 out of 577 overall
    c) finished 14 out of 20 in my age group.
    d) had a 9:20 pace, 57:57 total. (Not a pr for this distance… but the hills, the hills…)
    e) You can see the full details on the running stats web page.
    f) had a great time – which is always the goal right?… Right!

Some photos of the race and Northville Michigan.

Until the final nag in in the stable at the end of the race,
George

Northville Road Runners 8K. . . er. . .8K?

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The 2008 Northville Road Runner Classic is now in the books. (For information on next years race, go to https://www.northvilleroadrunners.org/nrr/index.html )

The Northville Road Runner 8K

The race was a combination of trail and pavement, maybe 3 miles asphalt and 2 miles trail with an official total of 4.8 miles. (thats what 8K is, right.)

While the hills were nothing like the Road Ends trail race, they were still long and steep enough to get the thighs burning. More hill work on the training schedule!!

The Northville Road Runner 8K - #49

By the numbers:

a) 8K, or 4.8 miles.

b) ran at a 10:03 per mile pace, 49:43 total time (0:45:00 total time pre-race guess)

c) finished 126 out of 165 overall, so finished in the top 76% of all runners. . .

d) finished 5 out of 5 in my age group. It’s tough when the #3 overall finisher is in your age group! Definitely something to aspire to!

e) had a great time, which was the real race goal!

There are a few pictures available which I will get posted sometime.

Until the final hill is conquered,

George