Dirty Kiln Race

OK, I know I haven't posted anything for a long time but I'm going to try and start posting more. Just a little background since my last post, Had back surgery on Jan. 19, 2012 to remove my hardware from when I broke my back. I was off not doing any training for about a month and a half. I tried to be in pretty good shape going into my surgery knowing I was going to do the Hyner Challenge in April. After my surgery and recovery I started my training again, really noticed I was off. Allegheny Trail runners put on a trail race last weekend at Canoe Creek state park and it was awesome. There was a 5 mile or a 12 mile race, I did the 12 miler for a warm up for Hyner. The course was really fast and the climbs were hard but it was a great time. I was really happy with my time I ran 1:36:50 and finished 5th overall. My goal time was 1:40, so I was very pleased. Next weekend we get to really do some climbing, Hyner is a totally different beast and the pace is going to be a lot slower. I just want to do better than my 2:54 last year Wish me luck, would really like to do 2:45 and not sure if I can do it.