Notes
First race in a while and after still dealing with a ton of toe pain on the warmup I didn't have great expectations. The race got out quickly but I just let the leaders take off and settled in at a solid pace. I caught up to the second group pretty quickly during the first mile and noticed a big group up front but I was pretty easily rolling up to them and started to think that maybe I could win the race as I was feeling much better than expected. I wore a normal watch but didn't see any mile markers so I don't have any useful splits. I got to about 10m from the front pack that had dwindled down to about 6 right around the mile and then it seemed like they started to pick it up. I also had a guy float by me around that time looking very smooth. I tried to hang with him and we worked our way up a bit but 2 other guys from the front and broken away and by the turnaround I could tell I probably wouldn't be racing for the win but could still run well. Tried to keep up the pace on the way back in 5-6th for pretty much the entire way back. Back felt a little tight at times so I tried to keep from going over the edge and kicked the last 100m to pass 1 more guy and get 4th. Ended up with a pretty solid time and felt really good about it considering my summer/year of training and injuries. I have no idea on the accuracy of the course but google maps showed it would be at least 3.1 so I'm not going to think too hard on it. I also felt really good cooling down so it seems my legs are in better shape than I thought. Really glad I decided to make it out for the race.