Notes
Bridge run in GR. Last tune up race before Chicago and it felt good to race again. Goal coming in was to run under 55 and see where I placed because I knew I wasn't beating Ripley. Let Ripley go at the start and got into a pack with two other guys. We dropped one guy around mile 2 and then the other guy started fading off of me around 5k. I put in one quick move to drop him and I was alone the rest of the way for 2nd overall. Mile splits were a little strange. I felt good until about 7 miles and than the last 3 miles were a grind so I think I ran this at the right effort. The Calvin cheering section around 8.5 miles was great. It was good to see a lot of people I haven't seen in awhile and I made a $100 profit off the race so not a bad day! It was pretty warm for the race but nothing unbearable. Really happy with this and it gives me a nice confidence boost as I go into the last 3 weeks of training!
Mile Splits:
5:15-5:28-5:38-5:20-5:31-5:12-5:48-5:11-5:32-5:13 (Some mile markers were clearly off) But if you want to go by 5 mile splits I went 27:12-26:56.