Notes
Following my 63 minutes of hard running, I had about 10 minutes to switch into my racing flats, use the bathroom, and get down to the start.
The race was honestly something of a blur. I got out really hard on the downhill start and was immediately clear of the field, but and kept pushing through the top of the big hill. According to the GPS, the mile split was 5:04, but according to the mile markers, I came through in about 4:55.
Second mile had a nice bit of downhill and I was rolling pretty well, but with .75 miles left to go I started heading back uphill and started passing thousands (literally) of walkers who were just getting started with the first loop. Zigging and zagging definitely took a lot out of me, and the steep uphill dealt the finishing blow. If I hadn't have already run 12.5 hard miles by this point, I'm sure the hill would have been fine, but it was pretty rough for where I was.