Notes
Successful Duxbury July 4 race. Rained hard before, so it looked like the weather might not cooperate, but the rain stopped and held off for most of my race. Ran without glasses just in case. I had two goals: sub-28:30, and get into the top 50. The plan was to run in the 6:40's. I knew I'd get sucked out in the first mile, but I intended to throttle back a bit in miles 2&3 and run a hard last 1.25. Pretty successful at that. Splits (from Garmin autolap):
mile 1: 6:35
mile 2: 6:41
mile 3: 6:54
mile 4: 6:36
last 0.25: 1:17 (6:02 pace for 0.21 miles by the Garmin)
Felt bad throughout most of the race last year after mile 2, but felt good this year. 3:40 improvement over last year. Success!