Notes
SUBSTITUTE FOR WK 11 TEMPO:
Cold..~35 at 7:45 when I went for a quick jog to warmup. Wore Nike coldgear long sleeve, shorts, gloves, and skull cap. Arrived 10 min before 8:30 start, jogged to starting line, did 2 strides, then the race started in less than 5 minutes - good timing.
Started out in 3rd or 4th row, went out at quick pace, then pulled back to 6:15ish and let people go. Had plenty of running room all around me. Hit big hill at 1/2 mile in feeling good, passed alot of the fast starters on the uphill. My critical voice in my head asked "why the hell are you doing this" at the 1 1/2 to 2 mile mark when I started to feel the pain of the 5k pace.
Garmin splits: 6:37;6:23;6:17 (19:17 @ 3, finish in 20:21?) Thought I had a good chance at nipping 20, but rounded final corner and the clock was already past it. I think the course is a bit long.
Happy with pacing and effort, really confused about the discrepency with the Garmin mileage. Pushed the pace up the final hill, but didn't do an all out sprint at the end. No way it took me 1:03 to run the final .011.
55th place; 3rd in AG.