Notes
Nice to have a good race when I hadnt trained for it and wasnt even racing! I just put my watch on "time of day" and ran. It was so nice to not even worry about my pace. I just ran at a reasonably hard pace. I was really tempted when my miles turned over to look and see what each mile was, but I didnt look, not even once! It was nice because sometimes (especially on crazy hot days like today) you feel like you're putting in an effort for a certain pace, then you look at your watch and you're going way slower. So it was nice to just run hard without any worries. I had a feeling I was doing in the low 8's but had no idea for sure. The first mile felt pretty good The second was actually the worst - mainly because there was less shade in that mile, so it felt hotter. The last mile flew by. It felt like a hard effort but I didnt feel like I was dying either.
Note: instead of a cool down run, we just walked a mile or so.