Notes
I knew I probably wasn't 100% after Ironman but wanted to see what I could do. Set watch to HR and focused on keeping under 175 for the first mile, then ran mostly by feel the rest of the race. Didn't look at splits, so didn't know what time I was running until I crossed the finish.
Started out in the lead, but about 1/4 mile in, a group of 4 passed me. Started to try to stay with them, but knew I couldn't hold on to a pace much faster than I was going. Just hung back and hoped they slowed down. Another guy was about 100 yds behind me, but I still just tried to focus on my HR and keeping it right around 175.
Up the hill at Middle school I could tell this was a good effort. Group of 4 took first turn instead of last turn at school, but still had to go around school, so probably about the same distance.... just not the right course. I went on to last entrance. One guy had dropped back a little from the group of 4 and I tried to reel him in. Looking at my splits, although I THOUGHT I was trying to reel him in, my pace wasn't getting faster, so I probably ran about the race that I was able to run. Never reeled him in, but no one caught me.