Notes
I sort of wanted to see if I could run a very low 15:00 or even under, but I wasn't sure because the course has so many turns and it was pretty windy. I got out relaxed and got in my groove a minute or two in. Hit the mile all alone in 4:54. I was surprised, because this felt much faster than my 4:57 I ran at the half-marathon. I tried to push again to make up some time but in the second mile, the biker missed a turn and we had to reroute, costing me at least 15-20s. Once that happened, I quit worrying about time and just ran around tempo effort. My second mile split was 10:22 (5:28) and my final time was 16:08 (5:46 1.1). I wasn't tired at the end and the last half of the race felt pretty smooth. I'm not sure how fast I would have run if I ran the right way, but the 4:54 felt faster than it should have. It's probably best that I didn't hammer because I've having a rough couple of weeks and next week is the toughest week of my cycle.