Notes
Here’s the race review.
The week prepping I didn’t think this heat would be fast enough for me because I was seeded at my current PR. I thought I would have to take the pace around halfway and just win. This was not the case. The race got out at a solid pace. I got out in like 10th and focused on feeling smooth and relaxed. Every lap diemer was calling out splits 55.6, 56, 55... they were all pretty similar. Slowly but surely the group I was in started to dwindle down until it was just me and 1 other guy. I never felt compelled to take the lead because we were going fast enough. 900 to go he really started to crank it down and opened up a gap on me. My legs felt tired but I owed it to finish it off. Ended up 4th but was able to keep it together to run a really solid time.