Notes
The weather was colder than I would have liked (I never took off my long sleeve t-shirt) and there was a very gusty headwind for the whole race. Even though Lisa and I snuck into a pretty forward corral I felt like there were a ton of people around me the whole race. This prevented me from establishing / maintaining a consistent pace. I don't know how much these things negatively affected my pace or how much faster I could have run. I never once hit my goal pace per mile of 7:30.
I was feeling fairly good up until Heartbreak Hill. The hill itself wasn't too bad although it did feel tough and I could feel my quads and hips starting to get tight and painful. The downhill near BC and then the one into Cleveland Circle really trashed my quads and hips. The final miles from Cleveland Circle to the finish were pretty painful. I felt almost disassociated from my legs during these miles, kind of like they were just spinning and I was coasting on top of them. I managed to keep a pretty consistent pace to the end, losing a few seconds per mile.
8:49
8:17
7:55 (this is where Lisa and I split up)
7:35
7:43
7:39
7:58
15:37 (I missed this split)
7:48
7:37
7:31
15:13 (missed this one too)
7:38
7:44
15:59 (one more)
7:50
7:56
8:10 (final push up and over heartbreak)
7:47 (the downhills into Cleveland Circle)
8:07
8:08
8:16
10:04 (last 1.2 miles)