Notes
Pretty good race for me considering I have been dealing with this cold all week and was coughing a lot. That being said, I just wanted to run at a moderate effort which ended up being a moderate pace. I never pushed it but I ran comfortably. You can tell where I stopped to use the bathroom since I didn't follow my usual pre race plan due to the cold. Outside of that mile, I averaged a 6:38/mi pace which felt very comfortable today.
This actually gives me a bit of confidence. I wasn't expected to run this fast feeling like I did. I'm bummed I felt this way today because the conditions were so favorable as I think I could have PR'd. Oh well. It was a good enough pace to run a 2:53ish marathon so I can build on that.
It was rough at the end though. I could not stop coughing as soon as I crossed the line and my cough has been pretty bad all day.