Notes
Hot Chocolate 15k
Going into it I was hoping to be under 5:30 pace at least, if not a bit faster. Forecast was horrible though with 20-25mph winds so I figured I'd just run effort basically. Course went through downtown for a couple miles before a pretty direct headwind from 1.5-6, then huge tailwind to finish. Got out in a decent pack of guys and felt comfortable and like I was moving well. Was able to draft for about 2mi but then the 5k runners turned and I was stuck in 2nd with a guy right behind me. Made him take the lead after 3.5 and he did nothing with it so I passed him back at 4 and just started grinding. Wasn't getting splits at this point but GPS said I was going kinda slow so I kinda just ran comfortably hard. After 10k I saw a decent looking split and had a tailwind now so started moving really well. Closed in about 16:10 for the last 5k and ran hard doing it. Happy with the effort and the time was pretty good too. Nice stepping stone to CIM. Haven't placed top 2 in a race in a very long time so that was kinda cool.