Notes
Woke up 3.2 pounds heavier than yesterday which wasn't a good start. Could feel the humidity when warming up so consciously went out controlled. Noticed my legs feeling very heavy and not responding by the time I hit 3k, was also starting to heat up. Tried hard to maintain pace but once the steeper downhills ended after 4k I started to struggle. Lack of fitness really started to come through. Thought I did an ok job holding on til 7k but had nothing left from that point so considerably sowed my pace in hopes of hanging on til the end. Did have a slight kick in the last 300m. Ovrall quite disappointed but probably shouldn't have expected anything better considering no hard workouts and just one weak tempo leading up to the race. Add in the heat and extra weight and sub 40 was a pipedream.
Dew Point: 18