Notes
I feel very satisfied with this. About 1/2 my loss from peak fitness back. And the first race in over a year where I feel like I actually RACED. I was churning along mile 5 about to take 3 more women when my hamstring nerve fired. Slowed. still firing. Stopped for a few seconds and then restarted and it was firing but not as severely, eased back into pace. Overall hamstring probably cost 15-25 seconds? But still very pleased overall with what I've been able to do in the past month. Oh, and did catch one of the 3 women right past the 6 mile mark. She was not pleased.
Perfect racing weather. Doesn't get any better than today