Notes
I gave myself a chance to go for the 60-69 course record of 1;30:01. I needed to go out at 6.50 and see how that felt and after a few miles, I would decide if I think I could hold it. If not, I wanted to make sure I got a sub 1;35 for the UK Gold Standard for 60-64.
I didn't get much a warmup in, (1 mile), but still i was shocked at how difficult my breathing was for the first mile. It was 7;14 and I felt like I was running a 5K. I didn't get my breathing under control until mile 3.
By then I was way off pace and knew I had no chance for the record. Not only that, my glute/hamstring was bothering me and I had to run with pain the whole race.
Nothing came easy. I felt I could have 1:31/1;32 if I didn't have to deal with this, but no way was I in sub 1:30 shape.
I clocked 1:33:23 and was first my about 30 seconds in my age category. However, i was not the first overall 60-69. I woman from Canada who broke the Canadian National Record was 2 seconds ahead of me. :-)
Even though i didn't have the run I expected, it was great to be thee with Mike and Barry as they did the marathon. Barry lowered his BQ to 3:48. Mikie struggled with a bad calf and run slower than he expected with 4:15.
Overall 73 / 1037 (7%)
Ages 60 - 69 1 / 37 (2.7%)