Notes
Topline result: this went nearly as well as I could have hoped for.
for the first 13-15 miles i was turning 6:20-6:25s with relative ease. managed to hold onto that pace more or less for another two or three miles before things started to slow and then around 22 miles sort of go off the rails. Off the rails wasnt a total collapse or wall from lack of glycogen. it was instead a significant slowing of pace down to 6:50s-7:20 for the last stage. Not as bad as it could have been for sure.
Good things: did much better managing my nutrition as compared to a few years ago at Eagle Creek. Felt very smooth, strong, and fast throughout the early and middle of the race. i couldn't believe how easily i was clicking off 6:20s
Bad things: really struggled to bring it home. got passed by about 40 people in the final 10k. didnt have a super coherent strategy going in, largely because i didnt know what time i was able to do.