Notes
Very awesome race today! I felt good and ran a very solid, consistent race.
Splits: 0:42 (0.1), 7:38, 7:42, 7:35, 7:39, 7:33, 7:41, 7:43, 7:43, 7:37, 7:45, 7:41, 7:41, 7:37
The course definitely lent itself to consistency (this is the one in which runners circle a one-mile loop for the whole of the race). It was flat and the weather was good, with very little wind. The only problem was some crowding and bottlenecking that did not thin out, as usually happens in a long race, but stayed the same throughout. It didn't really present me many problems. The first four or five laps felt easy, and then I went to work. It wasn't easy, but neither did I feel like I was hanging on; I never really started to struggle. I somehow found that perfect groove and just kept going. Whenever I felt tired, I just told myself I should be able to do this because of all the mileage I've been doing, and then somehow I just could.
So, a 4:30 PR...oh, and I was 2nd place female!!! (I was floored when they handed me the little plaque after I finished.)