Notes
Felt good to start. Temps were cooler but was humid. Ran the first couple miles with Paul and Joe Lancer then dropped back behind them. Course was harder this year as there was an out and back that required us to go up a hill twice. Probably counted for 20 sec overall slower. I ran the paved creek session very well. Must have been 5.40s thru that section or 5.50s. I was on about 1.51 high pace on the way out so I slowed down alot on the 2nd half. I was feeling ok until about 5 miles to go then the last 3 were really slow and tough. Tried to keep it together but a guy blasted by me with 2.5 miles to go and I had nothing to respond. I tried to push the last mile and ran a decent one. I was absolutely drenched in sweat at the end so the humidity was thick. All and all, was about 12 sec faster than I was in 2010 I just had to work so hard the last few miles and died during that section. 5th overall. Got about 1 mile warm-up and about 1.5 mile warm-down. I forget how long of a race 30k is but it was fun. 1.55.42 was my official time for 6.13 pace. GPS was a mess and was off by over 1 mile. Gotta remember to key off mile markers out there in the future.