Notes
Very worried coming into this even about my lifting and running. I had only ran 10.5 the whole week before this race, so I either knew I was peaked or stale. I actually htink I was somewhere in the middle. Had a great strategy going in to try to heel strike the first 1.2 miles, the when you take a left on first street, I was going to get up on my toes and pick it up. Stayed with a big group until I made my move. Caught the first place guys around 1.5 miles. Had a plan before the race to take it easy up the hill toward the 2 mile, then starting running hard on the other side of the convention center. The guy that beat me in the race last year put a 3-4 second gap on my with half mile to go, but I was able to reel him back and put about a second on him with 300 to go. He tried to make move at the end, but I was barely able to outlast him. I might be more proud of this race than any other race I've run. I could have easily given up a couple times, but I stuck with it and tough this one out.