Notes
Pretty darn happy with this effort. Goal was 5:23 a mile and hang onto that pace. I would say I executed that fairly well.
Got out fairly comfortably and built into the pace over the first 1/4 to 1/2 mile. Passing lots of people. Looked at the watch a few times just to make sure I wasn't too fast. Satisfied with how I was feeling and happy with the first split. Now, I am just trying to lock into a pace and pick people off. Saw Pat Billig up ahead -- put a target on his back and used him to pull me along. Was right on him when we hit two miles. :) What to do? Sit on him or maintain pace. Of course, I don't sit on him. Kept pushing and might have put 5 meters on him during the mile, but he caught back up and passed me around 2.75 miles. Just kept chasing and trying to keep the tempo up.
Thought I must have slowed during the third mile, but looking at the splits, I certainly didn't. According to results, I passed 54 people during the race and was only passed by 1 (based on chip start to finish).
Nothing to complain about here. Wish I could have held off Pat, but I think this is about as close I have ever been to beating him -- moral victory.
Chip time of 16:46 manually entered. Splits are based on watch and add up to 16:49.
Age Grade 89.36%