Notes
Pretty happy with my effort today. Ran the 3rd leg of the relay again this year which is 6.5 miles. I was hoping I could run around 6:15 pace and ended up running 6:14 pace. Not sure how since two of the miles i got splits on during mid race were around 6:30 so I must have went out pretty hard and maybe finished a little quicker. Really fun race but my leg kind of sucks in the sense that I run about 5 out of the 6.5 miles all alone. First mile is pretty much alone.. there was one guy that was running the full marathon way up ahead but no one else.. then we meet up with the half marathon runners about a mile in so nice to have people to chase but that only lasts about a mile until they turn off and I run the rest of Arsenal Island completely alone. Last year I at least passed a few marathon runners but this year there was no one so it makes it really hard to push yourself when there is literally no one around (only a few ppl working water stations) and I had no idea what pace I was running. Then the last half mile you meet up with the half marathoners again.
I didn't really get to kick much either bc it was really hard to see the exchange zone and didn't realize it until I was really close so no time to kick really. So, pretty happy that I can run 6:14 pace pretty much all lone and there were 4-5 little inclines as well. Encouraging considering my last 5k I ran 6:12 pace... and now run double that at almost the same pace.
At the start of my leg we were 3rd overall of all relays.. I kept us in 3rd but we ended up getting 4th but won the Co-ed division! (got beat by only all male teams) so that was really nice since going in we were hoping we could win the co-ed. Tauwon led off, Jeff's friend Brett was 2nd, then Jenna after me and John finished off. Team Blurred Lines are the champs! :)