Colorado, from a New Yorker's point of view

I have my first Colorado 5k this weekend.  The race is at Red Rocks.  The course has to be one of the most brutal 5k courses.  The first two thirds is mostly downhill, which sucks on the knees.  Then the race goes sharply up hill and it concludes with running the stairs to the top of the amphitheater.

If that is not enough the race time temperature is expected to be in the upper 30′s to low 40′s and the forecast is calling for snow.

My previous best 5k race time was 25:15.  Due to the nature of the Red Rocks course I don’t think I will break that.  I ran the course for the first time yesterday.  I took it slow because I wasn’t sure what to expect.  It took me about 29 minutes.  I ran it again this morning with some new friends.  I didn’t have a stop watch, but based on everyone else’s time I’d estimate it took me about 26 and change.

Wish me luck.