If you're not first you're last

This time my friends I was not last... I was first.  Yesterday was the annual Tufts in Talloires race.  According to gmaps its a short 1.73 miles thats about 600 feet of net elevation change.  Its pretty much just a bitch to run.  Anyway, according to the heads of the program its had a long tradition of xc runners winning the race which would make sense.  I asked for some of the names of people who ran it and the lady named a few names, Brian Macnamara holds the record apparently, and then Ted.  I tried to explain that Ted is not a runner but she didn't really understand.  

Lucky for me Mr. Lena was away for the weekend so it was my time to shine.  Except, I dont really feel good for winning because I was the only real runner there but more I would have felt really dumb if I lost.  The closest person behind me was one Nick Gang but he was about 30 seconds behind.  It felt good to throw on a pair of flats and put the wheels into gear for the first time in a while and I look forward to starting some legitimate workouts in the next couple weeks.  Training has been going well for the most part.  I have been doing a lot of swimming and biking in addition to my running which has been interesting as I am not used to my upper body being sore. 

Look for more stories soon about my second attempt at the Triathlon as tomorrow I attempt a sprint distance triathlon with my host brothers.  It will be 400m swim, 12k bike and a 3k run.  Overall I am hoping to be in the range of 35 to 40 minutes but I am not really sure how hilly the course is.

Oh yea, heres the run mapped out http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2891502, my time was about 12:49. Lena says hes gonna try and time trial it so we can get a better reference point.  I have heard Macnamara's time was middle 11 minutes or so.