Notes
Fantastic weather for a race... almost cold at start... about 55F. Goal was to break 44 minutes (7:06)... done (took two years!). Plan was to start out with pack on pace, but try NOT to pass anyone in the first mile... tough with some of the folks that line up in the queue. Lined up in mid 6:00 pace queue with Peter from WC. 1st mile was lots of traffic but held back trying to pass many - steady 6:45-6:55 pace first mile. Mile 2.6 has first hill and pace definately spiked a bit. Wanted 5K time of 21:42 - got 20:54. Nice downhills at mile 3.5 to 4.9 -- kept crusing... The long uphills are at mile 5-6, but felt surprisingly strong and picked it up. Second goal was to not let anyone pass the last mile... pretty much perfected that! Felt like I had a strong kick to finish... Garmin shows spikes in final 1/2 mile upto 5:00! (albeit for a few seconds!) Good race.. now to just knock off another 21 seconds to hit sub 43! Was 12th in my division out of 229... not too shabby for an old guy!...
PZ3 - .2 miles, 1:43 minutes
PZ4 - .5 miles, 4:09 minutes
PZ5 - 1.1 miles, 8:16 minutes
PZ6 - 1.2, 8:10 minutes
PZ7 - 1.6, 10:44 minutes
PZ8 - .4 miles, 2:35 minutes
PZ9 - .4 miles, 2:48 minutes
PZ10 - .4 miles, 2:15 minutes
Gun Time 43.38