Notes
Very happy with this. Negative splits: 7:18, 7:06, 7:03, 7:02, 7:03, 7:00, 6:53, 7:03, 7:02, 6:50, 7:00, 6:42, 6:51, 6:24 (.23). Not happy with my Garmin, as usual.
Went to a cafe over the bridge to warm up with some coffee and a hot pastry, visited with a spectator whose spouse was racing, then ran back on the marathon course until I met up with Alicia and ran in with her. She reeled in everyone; no one passed her, and she even reeled in another woman with a quarter mile to go who was about 75-100 yards ahead of her. Got her stoked for a final all out sprint which was really cool.
I turned around before going over the mat to look for Mike. Met him close to the finish and ran in with him. Here's where I screwed up. I was thinking about Steve and Doug and missed Rob. I knew Steve had passed Doug, so I was eager to meet up with him and run in with him. Unfortunately, he was struggling after 23 and had all he could do to maintain even his reduced pace over the last mile, but he did.
This worked out as a nice post-race recovery/cool down. Now it's on to NYC in 2 weeks.