Notes
1st place in 15:01 with splits of 5:05, 4:48 and 4:35. My goal was to break 15:00 but I mistimed it a bit. The first mile gained a lot, elevation wise and I felt really relaxed. When I saw the 5:05, I sped up some and the 2nd mile was equal parts uphill and downhill. I knew the third mile was mostly downhill and I picked it up a tad more. When I hit the three mile sign, I knew I would break 15:00 and backed off for a few seconds but when I saw 14:50, I knew I was probably too far out. I picked it up for five seconds, knew I didn't have it, so relaxed those last 20-30m or so. My last .1 was 34 seconds, so I think the sign was a few seconds too early.
I probably ran this a little bit slower than 10k effort. I felt like I could have definitely run under 14:40 if I would have pushed the entire time and maybe could have made a run at sub 14:30. Pretty satisfying run.