Notes
VERY happy with this race!!!
Was not sure what to think coming in. Felt decent during my shake out, but on the drive there my stomach started going crazy. 7 total trips to the biffy this morning and it wasn't pleasant!!! Just tried to shut off the brain and run.
Plan was to try to get out in 5:45 to 5:50 and then just run. At the start, Doug and Megan were ahead of me. Tried to pack up with them, but Doug fell off a bit and Megan was running for place with the other leading woman. So, just went by effort. When I saw 5:40 at mile 1, I was pretty happy. Felt fairly comfortable and I wasn't totally in no man's land. So, just tried to find some people to work with. This worked well except in Mile 3 when the little pack I was in slowed. This caused me to venture off on my own. I think I may have been smarter to stay with them because two of them and the lead woman ended up sitting on me and pulling ahead after mile 5. :(
Oh well, looking at my splits -- I ran this smart and negative split this bitch (17:46.1 and 17:24.9 by garmin)! I ain't gonna complain except I wish I could have found another 12 seconds or so...
Age grade on this is off the chart for me -- 86.51% (according to raceberry).