Notes
Died a little in the last half mile. This isn't a complete surprise, there is no time for long runs any more. Though I didn't have a little kick once I got on the track for the final 150 meters or so. I actually think my effort was more than the splits indicate. First 1.5 miles was mostly uphill and the return was mostly uphill. Between Mile 2-3 In the second half of the race only a handful of people passed me. And I passed a couple as well. This was a race of 760.
I did lose to a 12 year old girl on my team. Her older sister set the pace in the first mile and then died. But I'm glad she did because I felt surprisingly strong after the first mile. In fact after 1.5 miles I had only slowed to 6:59 pace. Then I hit the hills. Top girl left me after a mile and opened up about a 10 second gap by mile 2. She won the under 14 age group.