Notes
2nd time at the Running O' The Green in Tinley Park. Was excited last night because I saw that the weather channel had 9 mph winds predicted for the run and that would be fantastic with the weather we've been having recently. Unfortunately that was not to be the case, as the winds ended up being a constant 16 mph with gusts in the 20's and a pretty big factor on times throughout the course. Ran to the start line but saw that my mom/or someone had tied my flats in a strange knot that I wasn't able to untie before the race, so I ran back, put on my trainers and then got back to the start just in time for the race to begin. Ended up leading from start to finish and just made it a hard solo effort. Wind killed me the first 2 miles and made me feel pretty bad but I was able to regroup and pick up the pace a bit the last few miles. Happy with this considering it was just in the Guide 9's and I still beat my time from last year by 31 seconds when I ran in racing flats. Route is a bit longer than 5 miles but we'll just call it this because on a road race like this, a few seconds doesn't really matter. Got some nice hill work in and capped off another solid workout! Gotta keep up the positive momentum