Notes
Race:
Start was all messed up... No gun... they counted off on a sound system no one could hear. I was on the front row.. We started when people on the back rows yelled Go!...
I started my first 10 steps or so just trying not to fall... I'm not sure if I got tripped up or what but I was close to going down... finally got my feet and was in like 10th place... (out of 409)
We did the first two quick turns and I settled in to my pace... I had one guy pass me, and I passed one guy in the first roughly half mile... I was third... That was it for racing... I was never in contact with another runner after that.
I am told there was a mile mark, but I never saw it... on my garmin I was around 5:56 or 57 pace... First mile is slightly uphill, but I thought I was going a bit faster than that...
Turned up winnie and down mountain... caught the downhill, and tried to speed up a bit. By now I was several blocks behind 2nd place, and I have no idea how close 4th was... I never looked, and I never heard anyone... I didn't even hear people cheering for them...
Hit the 2 mile mark in roughly 11:38 (guessing with my garmin again as to where it was...) Felt decent...
Tried to pick up the third mile and shift to another gear... don't know if I did much or not... but finished decently strong... was a bit tuff mentally cuz my place was cemented in... I tried to keep after it for the time...
I wasn't particularly dead at the finish, but I was definitely winded... I was told 17:53 for my time... I'll take it.
First was like 16:20... 2nd was 17:01... not sure on 4th, but the next person I saw was 19:20ish... She was the first gal, but might have been 5th overall... /shrug