Notes
Freedom 4 miler in Glen Ellyn. Decided to do this with Ferguson. Course had more hills than I expected. It had a lot of rolling hills and one larger hill at 2.5 miles. Got out in the lead group and did not feel that good the first mile. Body felt a little in shock from racing again. I just chilled on the back of the pack. Right after the mile, I started to feel a lot better. I went up to join Ferguson in the front and just decided to stay there for as long as I could. Ended up falling off the lead pack right after 2 miles. Ferguson made a big surge going up the larger hill which dropped another guy off of the group. I was catching him for a little bit, but once we got into the last mile, he picked it back up. The last mile was mostly downhill, so it went by really fast. Mrs. Ferguson got a picture of me crossing the line with the clock saying 21:24, but the official time was 21:27, so I'll just say 21:25. Ferguson won in 20:45 (20:47 officially, but same clock deal as me)+according to the website's GPS map of the course, it is a hair over 4 miles (4.04). I'll just leave it as 4. Off of 5.5 weeks of training, to run right around my PR on a hillier course, I am happy with that. Won my age group, so I got a medal out of that which is always nice.
Link to course map: http://www.plotaroute.com/route/4506