Notes
As bad as this hurt, and as brutal as the day was - 32 with wind, snow, then rain and the second half of the race running into it all from mile 14.5 on, it still was amazing! Was holding a 9:30 - 9:40 pace throughout the majority of the race. Around miles 4 - 6 my right lower leg started hurting increasingly more and more until mile 18 when it became excruciating and I began favoring it heavily, but was still able to run. My pace was dropping off at that point and my leg and the weather were getting the best of me. Into mile 20 I got a major right hamstring cramp and it all unraveled from there on. The last 10K was just a struggle to stay in the game and finish the race, limp-jogging when I could tolerate the pain or, until I would get another cramp. Before this, I was on pace for a 4:10 - 4:15 finish. I'm still very happy with the race and the time given what I endured. I was pretty delirious and hypothermic by the finish from the pain and the exposure. It was a great experience and, I will do it again. Maybe not this race though. It was really cool to have met JK and Mishka at the race and, my friends and family support was awesome! My splits tell the story of the race pretty well:
1: 9:23
2: 9:33
3: 9:24
4: 9:31
5: 9:34
6: 9:32
7: 9:40
8: 9:44
9: 9:42
10: 9:39
11: 9:31
12: 9:47
13: 9:42
14: 9:31
15: 9:37
16: 9:33
17: 9:45
18: 9:43
19: 9:55
20: 11:23
21: 13:06
22: 12:43
23: 12:54
24: 13:05
25: 13:55
26: 14:46
0.20: 19:01 (pace)