I've had a couple of really good races the last couple of weeks.

First, I had the chance to run at the Edmonton Marathon in Canada. We were supposed to run on a USA team against a Canada team, but apparently that didn't materialize. Whatever...I got to run in a USA uniform, so I'm happy. The race itself went very well too, as I placed third overall in 1:05:26. A big PR. I had a lot of crazy travel the day before with flights getting cancelled, but somehow things came together.

This weekend I headed out to Laurel Springs, NC for the U.S. 10k trail championship race. Bobby won it last year, so I thought I'd go out and try to pick up a few bucks. The course was one of the hardest things I've ever run on. you can check it out at www.continentaldividetrailrace.com. Somehow I wound up right behind Ryan Woods on the last climb (it was an actual climb, using hands) and then I had an open shot to out kick him to the finish. It's pretty cool to have won a National Championship - even if it is a relatively obscure type of race. There were some serious trail types there, and it was a tough, tough fight. I'm kind of in a hurry, so I think I'll edit this post later and add in some more interesting info.