Notes
A good effort. Got out REALLY hard the first mile (first half mile was around 5:10 to 5:15 pace even with the hills). Unfortunately, Abdi from EP was there. Tried to stay in touch with him, but it wasn't happening. I think I may have built up a bit too much lactic acid and really had to struggle to keep the pace under 6. Abdi won EASILY in 17:2X.
Once I realized I was running for 2nd, I pretty much stopped worrying about time (defeat?) and just tried to keep turning them over and run the tangents as much as possible. Unfortunately, this led to a slight twisted ankle during mile 2 due to deteriorated pavement. Kept at it and put a solid distance over 3rd place.
$75 gift certificate to TC Running was my prize!!! Perfect timing since my trainers hit 400 miles with the warm-up/cool-down. :)