Notes
Took off quick, it is enjoyable. Who was drafting off me, knocking elbows at .75 miles, but Mark B. We finished he first mile in 6:17. I decided this would not be a sub 20 night and settled in to cruize into mile two sometime closer to 13:00. Hit that right on the nose, and figured I'd now behaved and would race the rest. I expected Dan M. to catch up at some point, did not expect the very heavy set blue shirt dude, who I dropped at mile one. Dan was following him and we both sort of agreed he would not beat us. In, he woods of the second mile, Dan put on a sprint to draw the guy on and I recognized it. The three of us took off. Soon the heavy blue shirt took the bait and the lead. I let them compete. Dan took off after the gravel pit, and I just hung on the guys tail till the hills and built up a steady head of steam like I'd want to have at Northfield on Saturday. I felt great for the whole run and figured my endurolytes were a good choice. I was very hungry before the run, but my energy was fine I think. Crosslites felt great. Such an interesting play with racing strategy, thinking of Saturday and what I need to be running, and the challenges in the field from the other runners.