As anticipated, the number of entrants was small and the course hilly. The race started at 9:00, temp of 70, reaching 80 by race finish, with little breeze and strong sun but not too humid. I appreciated how the course started and ended on the racetrack, was mostly uphill on the way out (so downhill on the way back), had a segment of packed dirt road in the middle, and had some of the most beautiful, lush and green scenery of any course I've been on. I struck up conversations with two runners and discovered one of them has three sons (who were there so I got to meet them at the end of the race), and the other uses pretzels as her fuel food during a race. One of the women is part of a CT running group whose objective is to run a race in each of CT's 169 towns.
Highlights of CT:
- The Comstock Covered Bridge over the Salmon River
- Wading in the frigid Atlantic and picking up pretty shells and stones near Madison, CT (great beach and camping facilities for a possible future trip)
- Seafood dinner at Lenny & Joe's Fish Tale
- The picturesque landscape on the drive from Hartford to Lime Rock Park, including a spectacular view driving over a dam
- Most Dunkin' Donuts I've ever seen
Official time: 2:37:51 (Runkeeper showed a distance of 13.9)
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