Notes
Happy with how this went considering how hilly the leg was. Pumped to get the handoff from Greg Pick in first, since I had no idea what had happened in the last two legs. Tried to stay relaxed at the start, and ran the first 4 miles right at 6:00 without much trouble. After that, I felt like I didn't have too many miles where I really had to work. Slowed a bit on mile 5 to 6:16, and then the bigger hills started. 6:30 over a big hill on mile 6, 6:28 on an easier mile 7, and then 6:43 up the big hill at the end. Came down the hill to the finish at a 5:04 pace for the last .4. Course was a net 150 ft. uphill.
I think I race better when I'm no a team, since I can't quit. I started off with a lead of about a minute over rochester, and more over the SRR seniors team and the other SRR open team (although i had no idea where they were at the time). Rochester gained a bit on me over the first couple miles, but then I gained time over the hills to the finish and handed off to Tim with a 3+ minute lead. Tim ran well on leg 8 to get us the win. Pumped.