Notes
Went into the race thinking this would be a training jaunt as I pre-ran 5 - felt no pressure and kinda weird as Egad, Gwen, Jimbo and I got ready to run. Hooked up with the gang and had good intentions to make this an MP pace run. Went out real slow with AC until about 1/4 mile in....
Didn't take me long to say enough of that - so I decided to give it a go and picked it up. Saw Egad in front of me, so I figured I would keep him close until it was time to reel him in. Mad-Mike passed me 1.5 in and I didn't see him after mile 6. Legs responded well here. No hammy issues at all and I felt OK throughout. Started to make up ground on Eric slowly until mile 7 - then he utterly kicked it in and beat me good - did my best the last mile or two to reel him in. Not today. Cadence: 186
Happy with this as I had a hefty PR - let's hope this wasn't a bad decision....
Official results:
1:11:28 (7:07)
18/54 age group
112/821 overall
PS - Passed Jared at mile 9 up the big hill! Was great to leave him in the dust...