Notes
Felt a little off from the start - hamstrings and glutes were not 100%. Goal was sub 3. Tried to run 6:50 miles and came finished at 6:58. Needed to run a 6:49 with the course being a quarter mile long. The course was hillier than a thought i would be, plus there was a little wind. These factors definitely added those ten seconds per mile that I needed.
First overall in my age group was good, but I wanted to break into the masters classification. The biggest positive was the even pacing I maintained and not falling apart coming up Classen. I knew that if I pushed my pace into the 6:40's at the start I wasn't going to have anything left for the final five miles.