Tapleyville 7 Miler

This past Sunday there was a 7 mile race (actually 7.1 miles) here in Danvers that I signed up for at the last minute. The course runs along streets I run regularly and along the rail trail (an old railroad bed that has been turned into a cinder-based walk and bike path). An out and back course, the first half is generally uphill and the back half generally down. This exaggerated my normal tendency to start slow and finish fast; I did the first mile in 8:33 and the last in 7:24, going flat out at the end. In the end I did the course in 56:01. Next up - the Binghamton Bridge Run Half Marathon the first weekend in May.