If a road race has the word “hills” in it I suppose you can’t be surprised when the run is a hilly one!

On Labor Day, it was off to Marshfield, Massachusetts for the Marshfield Run for the Hills 5K. This race takes place in the Marshfield Hills section of Marshfield and kicks off just around the corner from the Marshfield Hills General Store which is owned by Steve Carell of “The Office” and is an iconic local general store smack dab in the middle of a this quaint residential area.

The race kicked off at 10AM and a Labor Day heatwave made for warmer temperatures even relatively early in the day. I’ve done this race before so knew all too well that a massive uphill finish for about the final mile was in store therefore took a relatively measured pace in the 8:15/mile range early in the run. I hit up a water stop about halfway through the course which certainly was needed before tackling the real uphill climb. The last stretch of the run is no joke; the uphill climb makes your legs feel like jello and you need to keep reminding yourself to catch your breathing as you make the uphill climb.

I finished up the Marshfield Run for the Hills with a time of 27:59, good for 9:01/miles. Not a bad result for such a challenging race!

(Here’s me [170] after finishing up the run!)