Notes
Great race today. Had a plan that 19 minutes was a reachable goal for today. Wanted to make sure I didn't go too crazy in the first mile. Passed probably 15-20 people in the first mile and then the goal was just keep reeling people in. Got mohomet's top girl runner right before halfway. Got Shane Cultra right after that and I was talking smack to him so I knew I had plenty in me. Got emmanuel a little bit after that ~1.75. Tried to have him go with me, but that was for naught. Saw Mohammed was up ahead of me after that and the goal was to try to get close. He was running right with Kate Ahmari, so I was laughing to myself about one of the pre-race goals. I got her with about a K to go and then right after that Mohammed stopped and I told him "realistic goals" and he started moving. Kate re-passed us right after this, but I found a little bit of juice. Felt like I pushed pretty hard from about 500 out. I knew I needed to be extra aggressive to get them both, so I pushed hard. Mohammed pushed back, but I pulled away over the last 200. The mist at the end was very nice.
All I did was dunk water over my head the whole race and I think that helped me. Very happy with how I competed and played it today. Think the training is starting to show itself a little bit and hoping we can get a good july. This was fun and that was most important coming back.