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Iron Horse Half Marathon race day conditions were near-ideal, which paid of big time for much of our Cascade Run Club crew! Check out the stats…

The team competed in their first half marathon of the season at the Lake Sammamish Half last weekend. The weather was absolutely GORGEOUS out and it led to a wonderful day of racing. We has strong performances across the board with lots of PRs and several members who just missed their PR. This was a great confidence boost for our members who are headed to Boston in just a few short weeks!

There's something exciting about the first race of any season. After seven weeks of hard training it was finally time for the team to mix things up, get into a competitive mindset, toe the starting line, and run their hardest. But it's also important to remember that the first race of the year isn't about running your fastest time ever, it's about setting a baseline. It's lets you know where your fitness is currently, and what areas of training need to be worked on more in order to reach the goals that have been set for the end of the season.

The team had a busy weekend attending a new local 5k on Saturday followed a favorite race from past seasons on Sunday.

Cascade Run Club divided and conquered last weekend, racing in both the Evergreen Half/10k as well as the Tunnel Vision Marathon.

We had another GREAT day of racing at the Seattle Rock n Roll Marathon on June 18th!

We had our biggest race group of the season and everyone showed up ready to rock and took advantage of the perfect race day conditions and had solid performances across the board. After a group warm up the team headed out on the new Stadium to Stadium Course. The new route was absolutely gorgeous and still had a fair dose of hills that Seattle races are known for. 

Race weekends are what make this team so special. The environment in the stands watching everyone finish on the track at Hayward field was unreal. We can't wait for our next team focus race!