Notes
Fairfax Four Miler turned out to be a tough test. The chilly weather added a challenge to an already challenging course. For me this was a benchmark effort, to gauge fitness as I head into some base building and early season racing. I hoped I might be able to hit 26:00, but I had a feeling I wasn't at that level of fitness yet. I actually started out ahead of that pace, but the third mile really kicked my butt. The Garmin had me finishing 4 miles a bit early, so some of the markers may have been off. In any case, I got what I needed out of tonight and I will use this mark to focus my near term training. I was happy that despite the so-so performance, I still managed to place in my age group, taking 3rd. The guy who came in 2nd was just 3 seconds ahead of me. I tried to catch him in the last mile and got close, but just came up a little short.