Notes
Strong coffee and a few sips of gatorade within about 90 min of the gun. Plenty of opportunities to poo and pee & felt good at start. About 2 miles warm up with some strides then about 20 min rest before the gun. All this seemed to work pretty well today. Should have gone with a surge thrown at me by fellow runners at 2.5 mile mark & lived to regret not doing so. Also was taken with <200m to go by someone. But overall I was surprised to race as well as I did, so I should not get down about my tactical failures today since it has been months since I have raced, and this is a pretty good result. 5:35, 5:42, 5:40, 5:54. My watch had me at 22:50 total.