Notes
Solid effort at the Quad Cities Marathon Relay. I led off and started out leaving the door open to finish the half marathon after I handed off or just running 13.1 on the marathon course. Ran the first two miles in 11:25 with a couple of guys I knew that were running the half. Ended up just not having the patience for 5:40 pace and decided to start rolling since I was feeling so good. This meant I would probably only do the 6.6 of my leg, even though I think another half marathon could have been good today. Tough to justify doing a half and not getting an official result though. I covered the next 4.6 in 24:05 for a total time of 35:30. The last 4.6 averages to 5:15 pace and felt quite good. I was starting to feel it the last mile but was still thinking about running faster not struggling to the exchange. I caught my breath almost immediately after finishing and felt recovered very quickly. Overall, I am pretty happy with the solid effort. Also, I probably could have been leading the marathon through my leg if I would have gone out at a decent pace the first 2 miles. I gained on them from there and they were about 20 seconds ahead of me when I handed off.