Notes
Bloomsday 12K race. Rained last night so air was clean, but I wheezed my way through this anyway, but my time doesn't seem to be off much from that. Forecast was for rain and 49 degrees at race time, but we had patches of blue sky and sunshine, and warm enough to run 1 short-sleeve tech-T and singlet top. I really wanted to stop and just watch the race rather than run from about mile 2.5 onward, it was mentally very tough to keep going at full speed! Spits on first two miles were a bit disappointing. Winds were about 15 mph from the SW, so we have a bit of headwind first couple miles, and a bit of headwind on Doomsday Hill, but tailwinds on miles 3,4, and 7. Particularly happy with that mile 7 split for this year. Corporate Cup and Second Seed runners started 2 minutes AFTER the elites, so we started at 9:02 instead of 9:00. I don't remember that from years past?
Wore the Mizuno Wave Universe shoes because they're so light, sock-less because my feet were slipping around in the socks. Wasn't bad; my feet ached a little afterwards, but it was a good run and it's not about comfort, it;s about the light weight and speed.
Race Pace = fastest cadence and longest stride! Duh . . .
Avg Run Cadence: 186 spm
Avg Stride Length: 1.35 m
This age-grades to 83.4% for age M59