Notes
Pacing plan was to ignore everyone else and do tempo effort, that didnt last long as I ended up right next to Emma, but tried to focus on my own pace anyway. Deb popped up around mile 3 or 4 as well and we ran together for a bit. Tried to keep thinking it was a tempo run for 6 or 7 miles and see what I had left. Felt good around mile 5 (helped by crossing the marker at a PR). Came down a steep hill a bit after mile 6 and lost Emma and Deb, didn't want to stress the psoas. Running just behind Officer Dan started to slow up during mile 7 without realizing, but Dan offered some encouragement and I realized I was letting my pace go since I had lost the girls. Pulled things back together quickly and finished with a strong last few miles. Hill in the last half mile was a bit mean, but I still managed to gain some on Deb and Emma even though they definitely seemed to be working a bit less in the first half. Solid negative split on this one.