Notes
I had never run this before but it is a huge race in Denver. I heard the course was tough but I hadn't run any of it. Took off with the lead girl and then went by here. Stuck a little bit in between packs. Rolling hills the first mile and went through at 5:40. Seemed just right. I was feeling good but a little tired in my gluts from yesterday. The second mile we turned and went up a long grinding hill to mile 2. I passed 4 people on the uphill but went through 2 at 11:45. 6:05 was slow but acceptable on that hill. I tried to push mile 3 on the downhill and flats. There was a hairpin turn so I could see the leaders. I hit 3 at 17:30 so back to 5:45 pace. The 4th mile I was dragging but didn't want anyone to pass me. I fought to 4 in 23:13 so 5:40 then I guess about 2 minutes in for whatever was left. 7K is a weird distance. I was happier today than yesterday. Todd Straka who beat me by 10 seconds in the 5k I was able to get him back by about a minute today. Sunny hot beautiful race. I'll do it again.