TC10K New Route

It's been ages since I've posted, oops. Anyways, I'm excited about the TC10K this coming weekend. I jogged the course today after work with my new Garmin 410 (another blog post hopefully) to check out the course, the elevation, etc. Obviously the last 5km are the same as previous years, but the first 5km are different.

Here's a screenshot I made from the garmin workout:

The original garmin workout is also public if you want to see it:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/81861120

I also superimposed the old route elevation profile on top of the new one for comparison:

The route is pretty good. The first 1.5km is a gradual uphill, but nothing noticeable, especially with all that adrenaline pumping. Then there is a nice downhill along Vancouver, and again on Moss. Then the usual uphill through Beacon Hill Park and then down to Ogden point.

I'll definitely miss the out and back course though. It was probably better for the fans too. I always enjoyed it because I could see where other runners were ahead and behind me, and to see the leaders. It was always great to have the cheering for/from runners ahead and behind as we passed on Dallas Road. Oh well.

Anyway, time to make a realistic goal for Sunday. I haven't had a good TC10K probably ever... maybe 3 years ago (37:42) is the only decent one. So I definitely want to beat that. Otherwise I just want to have fun, and not over do it since my real goal race is only 5 weeks away (the North Olympic Discovery Marathon).