Nice Start to the Year   

Anne Lundblad (Swannanoa, NC) started 2009 the way she has started many years now—with a race win.  This time it was in the mountains of Western North Carolina on January 3 at the Tsali Frosty Footfest Trail 25K.  After a conservative, but strong start, Anne found herself behind a much more anxious runner early in the race and thought momentarily that she’d come up against someone tougher that day.  But about an hour into the race, Anne got a quick, far-off glance at the early leader which re-established her faith in her plan to run strong and steady throughout.  Anne concentrated on catching the women’s leader and overtook her on the hilly, single track trail course that was extremely slick because of several days of rain before the race.   Anne ended up with a 2 ½ minute victory and a course record of 1:57:05 for the first-year race.

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