Notes
First race in a while and I'm happy with it. I stuck to my race plan and didn't go out too hard. The first half, which was significantly uphill, was around 5:30 pace while the second half, which was significantly downhill, was around 5:20 pace. My only real complaint is that I didn't kick at the end. We rounded a corner that I thought was the last turn, and when I realized there was still one more turn left it was kind of a kick in the gut. Still, I gained a little ground on the guy I'd been racing the last mile or so. Once we rounded the real last corner we only had about 100 meters left. I started to pick it up but my stomach let me know that if I really sprinted I would end up booting once again. I didn't feel like booting today. It was my first race back, I'm not in peek shape, and I wasn't racing for a high place. So when the guy went by me and I picked it up a little to give chase and started gagging a little I decided to let him go and cruise in instead.