Let the season begin!

Little bit of a slow start to the racing season here in Finland.

Of course triathlon racing is still many months away, but at least the running season is normally kicked off at the end of March with the Tulppaanijuoksu 10km.

This year was especially fun when we received a sizable chunk of snow the night before. As the race began, there was still a solid layer of snow melting and icy to make the run interesting.

Despite being the first race of the year, it is also quite fast with generally all the local top runners coming to prove they actually trained during the winter.

This year's field had maybe a little less depth but still a solid group of runners to make it challenging.

My race went as well as could be considering the challenging surface conditions. I managed to stay with the lead pack until 500m to the finish when the 'real runners' started to go for the win. A time of 33:59 was nothing special but still ok with me for early season.

Next weekend will be another 10km in Salo where the roads should be dry!

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