Notes
Beautiful morning for a race. Went out with Enright and Reggie and we hit the mile at 5:17. I really wasn't feeling very good at that point, but by 2 miles we were still together and the pace felt much easier to me. I think we went through in 10:38. From there on I felt really controlled and steady. I think mile 3 was off a little, but it could have just been the course through McDowell. I hit 3 in 16:04 and 4 in 21:30. I kind of put it on cruise control from 4 to 5 and then made a little push down the overpass and back up Ferry road to Calamos. There was a little turnaround about 400 meters from the end that was really in the wrong spot and killed any momentum i had to the finish. Came across the line in 33:25 and really felt good. I was glad i didn't have to push it too hard at the end because my calves were sore enough as it is. The Running Ahead boys went 1-3 with Enright in second and Reggie in 3rd. Nice showing!
Overall, i was pretty happy with the effort and was about a minute faster than last year (different course though). I liked the course except for that little turnaround by the finish. There were some hills running over the intersate twice and the hill up to McDowell from Diehl. I am definitely in much better shape than i was last year. I think i could have run under 33 minutes if i had too which is something i haven't done in quite a while. Nice last tune up before the marathon. I will probably do a time trial of some sort next weekend to simulate marathon pace, but other than that next week will be easy.