Notes
Felt good through mile 6, was concentrating on feeling good and not pushing the pace, was tempted to open it up some but i resisted the urge, just after mile 6 i could feel some discomfort creeping in my left hamstring (near attachment to butt), was already sweating a lot by this point - singlet was soaked, made a pit stop at mile 8 and lost about a minute ten on the guy i was running with, picked up the pace over the next few miles trying to make up lost time, worked my way to 5th place by the turn around but my hamstring & left hip flexor we both not feeling good, at this point i knew the discomfort in my legs would make the return difficult.
Turnaround to mile 17 managed to keep the pace under 7 minutes, hamstring and hip flexor discomfort continued to increase, i kept telling myself - just a little more, one more mile, miles 18 & 19 were just over 7 - i wanted to shut it down but also didn't want to give up, at the 19 mile mark i decided it was better to throw in the towel than to risk injury - form was not looking good at this point, was making a lot of adjustments to lessen the discomfort - walked a half mile, ran a half mile, from this point on i did a combination of walk / jog to the finish, last 7 miles were not pleasant - couldn't wait to be done and off my feet
Dan and Susan ran well, Ed and Dawn were in a similar boat to me