Notes
Near perfect conditions - mid 50s with a little bit of wind. Course was pretty fair - some rolling hills but nothing steep. There were a ton of turns in the course and I ended up running 10.19 miles due to not taking the angles right - so add about 5.5 seconds to each mile split for more accurate splits. First 5 miles were significantly easier than the last 5 due to the wind direction and hills.
I was in 5th place right from the start and that's where I stayed. 1st and 2nd were way ahead. I stayed within striking distance of 3rd and 4th the whole way but never could reel them in. I was about 15 seconds behind by mile 2 and ended up 27 behind 4th and 40 behind 2nd.
I felt really good the entire way and at the end felt like this pace for a half marathon or further was possible. I tried to hold back in the first half so I could push in the second half - in retrospect probably should have pushed harder in the first half and tried to stay with 3 and 4. I ran nearly even splits (28:52 and 29:08). I ran the last 3 minutes very hard trying to break 58:00.
Healthwise I had no GI or PF issues. My right 3rd/4th toe area hurt a little but didn't affect me. Knee felt great the entire way. Afterwards I felt great - not really tired even.
When I finished my chip didn't register so luckily they had a manual timing backup.
This was the last run for my trusty gel hyperspeed 4s. Nice to add another big PR for them.