My 1st leg of the American Odyssey Relay.

American Odyssey Relay Run and Adventure.

My first leg was a 4.62 mile run. I took the hand off from Matt who just kicked ass on a very hilly portion of the course. To be honest up until we hit the C&O Canal the whole course was hilly to a certain extent. I got to run under a covered bridge. Right after the bridge was a ridiculous hill. But I checked my map and my turn was right after the bridge before the hill. I was so happy for that. My teammates pulled up next to me in the van and gave me a nice cold water. Then I saw a St. Bernard behind a fence that I had the van take pictures of for me. Then the van asked if I needed anything and since I didn't I told them to go ahead to the next transition. I did have a hill around mile 2 and I ran the hill and then walked for a quick drink. Rest of the run was pretty uneventful and pretty flat, to down hill. I go to transition and handed off to Taryn for a leg that I didn't know at the time but soon found out while driving to the next transition was filled with crazy hills. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 639 ft Location: Fairfield, PA Elev. Gain: +13 ft Date: 04/24/09 Up/Downhill: [+226/-213] Time: 11:41 AM Difficulty: 2.4 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 4.62 miles Time: 0:50:05 Speed: 5.5 mph Pace: 10' 50 /mi Calories: 896 Notes My 1st. Leg of the AOR. Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 56 -0' 54 6.0 +0.5 +66 ft 2 11' 16 +0' 26 5.3 -0.2 +26 ft 3 11' 17 +0' 27 5.3 -0.2 -30 ft 4 10' 58 +0' 08 5.5 -0.1 -42 ft end 10' 47 -0' 03 5.6 +0.0 -7 ft Versus average of 10' 50 min/mile

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