Notes
Wow, that went better than I thought and was still really hard. Long run with the Madison group, ended up mostly running with Ryan and Matt, then Ryan for 2.25 at 7 flat, then walked until Matt caught back up, then strugglebused at mile 13 ish but more together than Matt.
Ran from the Fitchburg Panera, then up to the Veloround, across the top of the Arb, around the bay, and back to Panera with an add-on through the Madison Mini neighborhood. Pretty lovely run and a loop that I'd do again in some variant - it's really similar to Panera Arb, but goes further out.
Ran with the vest, had one vanilla gu after dropping off from Ryan. Pre-run fueling was okay, but I'm not totally sold on peanut butter before running yet. While it was tasty to have an apple with peanut butter rolled in a tortilla, my stomach wasn't totally settled with that. Could have also been a little heavy on coffee though.
The final section from Panera back home was pretty sluggish - I had a lemonade charger and then sat chatting for 30-40 minutes, so my legs were not completely recovered. That said, it went relatively well, which is a sign that crash and rally is still reasonable and manageable for me. And that the crash pace is still in the 9-10 minute range, if I'm getting the right fueling and salt and whatnot.