Sunday morning it was just a quick trip down the road to Raynham, Massachusetts for the Colonial Road Runners Winter Series 4 Miler run. During the summer months the Colonials put on a Monday Night 3.25 mile race series each week that during the winter months adds on a touch more distance and takes runners on a 4 mile jaunt around Raynham. The winter series is similar to the summer runs in that each week the runs are timed and cost a very reasonable $2. That’s right! Two bucks for a timed race. Not bad at all!

The first mile and a half of the race is the same for the winter version of the run but then runners stay keep straight and tackle a few different streets on the winter course. The first two miles are relatively flat while in the third mile you start climbing pretty well. From about 2.5 miles in to just past 3 miles the climbing becomes much more noticeable but I felt strong yesterday on both the flat and uphill sections of the run.

The final mile of the run features a rather nicely downhill stretch where leaning forward like an alpine ski jumper allows gravity to help pull you down the hill before leveling off in the final half-mile into the finish line.

I was quite pleased with my running yesterday and finished the race with a time of 31:45, good for 7:56/miles. For a hilly course and bundled up rather nicely due to the winter chill, happy to hit that pace on the four miler.

Later in the day while my youngest was at futsal practice, I also tacked on another 3.1 miles to the running total for the day bringing Sunday’s miles to 7.1 miles.