Wicked Frosty Four and Hangover Classic 10k

Yesterday I ran both the Wicked Frosty Four in Salem at 10:00 AM and the Hangover Classic 10K in Salisbury at 11:30. For some reason, I thought the Frosty Four was at 8:30 when I signed up. If I had known it was at 10 I wouldn't have signed up for both, as Salisbury is about a 40 minute drive from Salem.

My idea was to run both as an experiment to see how my knee held up. I've been able to run a 10K on the road fairly comfortably. How would I do with a four miler, some rest and then a 10K?

I arrived at the Frosty Four very early and got an ideal parking spot so I could finish the race, jump in my car and head off to the Hangover Classic with no delay. That's exactly what I did. I was in my car and driving less than 3 minutes after finishing the Frosty Four and made it to Salisbury at 11:20.

Both races went well. The weather at both was as good as one can expect at this time of year, close to 50 degrees. Both races featured some heavy wind at times, an inevitability when running along the coast.

I didn't run as hard as I could at the Frosty Four but instead kept a good, steady pace.

Wicked Frosty Four:

Frosty Four Finish

My knee started to bother me about the 3 mile mark of the Hangover Classic and I began to wonder if running both races was a mistake. At the turnaround (it is an out and back course) I took it up a notch and the knee started to feel better. It seems to feel better the faster I run. I wonder if that is because of adrenaline kicking in.

My fastest miles of the day were the last 2 miles of the 10K, which was a good sign for possibly running longer races than the 10K. I'm still hoping I might be able to try a half marathon again in 2019.

Hangover Classic 10k: