Notes
Not sure at all what to make of this race.
I warmed up too early... sat around waiting as they were way behind schedule... Then as they got close, I warmed up a bit again and felt pretty good and pretty loose.
I went out at the back of the pack, and felt pretty smooth and easy... I passed a couple people in the first mile just as things got strung out...
Hit the 1 mile mark at 5:30... but I felt great. It wasn't difficult, and I was still gaining on people... Probably passed 3 on in the second mile...
2nd mile was 6:00... I didn't think I had slowed down that much, but being at 11:30 seemed ok, and I was still feeling pretty good.
From there tho, I just slowed down and slowed down... I had no energy at all... I was pretty much in no mans land between runners...
Third mile was 6:18...
In the fourth mile, someone passed me, and there was no way I was gonna stay with him... I was dead... the little hill at the end was tuff even tho it was pathetic, and the downhill at the end didn't help...
Last mile was 7:19... My garmin also says the last mile was a tenth long... I dunno...
After I was done, walking through the chute I was dead... I was work to walk... My legs didn't hurt... I wasn't particularly out of breath... but I just had no energy at all... After the chute I walked to some shade... and was just toast... Brenda talked to me and did a test or two, and we agreed that somehow I was extremely dehydrated. I was starting to cramp up and I just couldn't recover...
I walked around a bit more... got some water and a gatorade... finally changed my shoes back to trainers... It took half an hour to recover enough to do a cool down run... and that hurt... I was probably doing 10 minute miles, and it was hard... the hill was as hard in the cool down as the race...
2+ mile cool down... drive to Wendy's, eat lunch, and I am still feeling wiped. light headed... just dead...
It wasn't till 2 hours later that I felt almost ok, and I am still pretty light headed with a headache 9 hours later...
crazy...
But I am happy with my place... /shrug I wish I was 90 seconds faster...