Notes
Didn't get to stride out or anything because the bathroom line took forever and I barely made it to the line. Race went out and I was pretty much solo from the gun like I thought. Course is exactly the same so all the splits are a bit off sincethe course is longer than 5k. Went out in the mid 4:40 range and was really surprised to see that there was actually a guy about 30 meters behind me. The 2nd mile had some construction so footing sucked but even going through 2 miles 9:40-9:50 wasn't enough to really seperate myself. In fact he started getting closer, and I was bummed because I knew if I didn't pick it up I'd really start having to go all in. Luckily, we hit the hills with 1200 to go and even though they were a grind to get up I was able to double the gap I had on him. Finished in 15:41, which is only 9 seconds off of my time from last year and I was in killer shape. Glad to see I'm still pretty darn fit and was glad I didn't have to kick it in. Pretty happy with it and legs felt pretty good although stomach was awful. The guy who I beat ended up 15:50 but is 49 years old. I hope I'm that fit when I'm his age!