Notes
Newark Turkey Trot. Was hoping to run under 30, possible close to 29 on a good day. Expected the race to get out fast, since a lot of pretty good high schoolers run it, but I was leading the charge from the gun doing 6:15 pace. A few kids went with me, but only one of them kept up for more than 3/4 of a mile. The two of us ran side by side through 3.5 miles, then he opened up a slight gap on a small uphill by the BOCES facility. I started to catch back up, but he barreled up the steep hill right at the 4th mile marker and put probably 10 seconds on me. I ran as hard as I could, and did make up about 5 of those seconds in the last mile, but couldn't quite close the gap, so I finished second about 5 seconds behind him. Happy to be under 30, too, since the first few miles made me worry I wouldn't be.