Sunday morning it was over to the small town of Hanson, Massachusetts for Damien’s Freaky 5K. This race is held at the local watering hole Damien’s Pub and featured runners of all speeds and qualifications and a nice crowd graced the streets of Hanson on what was an absolutely gorgeous fall morning.

Mrs. Running Griffin and I were both able to toe the starting line in between soccer practices and games thanks to a few family and friends providing rides to different locations. At the starting line it was good to bump into some friendly faces from the Thirsty Irish Runners and several runners had great costumes on to run the race in which added some good laughs.

I really enjoyed the course for Damien’s Freaky 5K. The course was a good out and back sort of course that took runners down a main road for the first stretch before looping through a residential neighborhood before making its way back onto the main road. There was a good amount of climbing throughout the course and the hills allowed for the legs to work a little harder along the way. Water stops were available along the course and heading back toward the finish line there was a nice crowd of supporters cheering you into the chute.

I finished the race with a time of 24:31, good for 7:54/miles. Some great running and quite happy with that pace! All in all, a great run!