Notes
Apparently I wilted. I'm wondering about the either the course or the mile marker accuracy. First mile was in 9 flat. Second was like 9:45 third I don't know. I was definitely late coming to 5 but still felt like I had a chance if I had been totally fresh... like 53? But after that it was bad. Didn't get to 6 until well after 1 hour had expired and still ran hard for the line but nothing good came of any of it.
My effort was actually pretty hard. I felt woozy and unable to eat for a good 30 minutes after the race. I was in the worst shape of any of the runners I saw. Not good - perhaps being a bigger guy caused me to wilt somewhat more than others.
Dew point started at 74F... didn't drop until near the end of the race. Then it was like 71F. I still am at a loss as to understand what when wrong. Either I wilted much more than I thought possible OR the first two mile splits were mismarked?? Basically this result totally sucked. The only thing worse would have been if I had gotten injured then I would have rated it a 2 star.