Notes
High 70s and close to 100% humidity at start. Got out well and sat behind Phil and Chris may. Stayed a little behind until the half mile. Inched up to them and stuck there but Phil kept pushing so I let them go. Hit the mile about 5 seconds back of them in 447. I was like wow because I didnt think we had gone out that fast. I tried to settle into a decent rhythm. It sucked because they kept pulling away but I knew i needed to settle. Came up to the 2nd mile a decent chunk behind chris. He had gotten worked by Phil already. Came through in 4:54 (9:41). I was starting to feel kinda shitty but was still relatively close to Chris if he started to fade. We both died kinda evenly though. The 3rd mile I didnt really attack at all because I could sense my left leg was starting to tighten up. That was a slow mile and he pulled away from me more in 508. Last mile I didnt push that much because I was getting tight but I kept it fast enough to maintain my position on 4th place. Came through in 505. Watch had me at 4.04 so 459 average...definitely not what I had hoped but still way better than last year in worse conditions. I had intended on going out slower in 5flatish and neg splitting but that just didnt happen. Got insulted as I finished when they announced the first overall female was finishing..I should've just flashed everyone my tits. Overall- okay day. Not great but not bad either considering first ever 90 mile week last week and no semblance of taper with 12 miles yesterday. HR was pushing 210 bpm so not ideal