Notes
Run for the Roses 2k17, based on how terrible I felt yesterday and all week I was pretty much expecting this to be a death march but fortunately I actually felt much better today all things considered. Started slower than most of the front pack the first 400 and worked my way up from 12th to 5th by a bit over the 800. I was always about 5-6 seconds behind Akita for pretty much the whole race until the last 1200 or so. I stayed pretty strong for the most part but I began to feel myself slip in the last mile although I didn't think it would be as bad as it was. The two New Balance Chicago guys were going at it and I know if I was having a good week and actually got ready for this I could have at least gone out with them but it just wasn't in the cards for me today. Ron Hedman died super hard and I almost caught him at the end, had we had 10-15 more seconds of racing I would have been 4th. Overall, better than yesterday but still a work in progress. Felt way better at the end though and today actually felt like a really hard tempo(re-caught my breath instantly and wasn't winded for more than 5 seconds) as opposed to a race, which may have been the reason why I fell off the 3rd mile? I don't know, but something to fix for next time! Fun weekend regardless of times! Lots of work to do but a good double workout
Splits:
5:02-10:09(5:07)-15:35(5:16)-16:08(33)