Notes
Race started ok... Ended up a couple rows back but I was behind Jr. High kids so they went out fast enough... got out and around the first corner ok.
Worked my way up king and was kinda in a little pack of 4 or so runners... there was an older guy right on my shoulder... I felt like I was going pretty fast, but felt decently strong going up the hill...
1 mile: 6:37 (by their mark)
Mile split scared me a bit... faster than expected, especially since the first mile is all slightly uphill... I decided that it probably wasn't that big of a deal, and maybe the mark was off, and I was feeling ok with some downhill coming, so I'll stay with it.
Some minor jockeying for position down Washington and across Mountain... At the turn to Mountain I was starting to worry about my gas tank... I purposely eased off just a touch, and was probably in 4th or 5th at the turn.
2 mile split: 6:37 (13:14 total)
My breathing started to get rough just after there, and a couple people passed me. I ended up on the back of a pack of about 7 people, and just didn't feel like I had the strength to mix it up with them... Last mile seemed to take a long time... I kept it as strong as I could and but finished last out of the group. Disappointed I just didn't have a kick...
Finishing 1.1 was 7:11 (20:26 total)
I'm pretty sure I ended up 8th overall and 2nd in my age group... The guy running just behind me the first mile ended up winning the division... 2nd was probably only 10 seconds ahead of me. 1st was 17:45 ish....
Walked back after finishing and cheered Dillon on... Picked up Steph with maybe .4 to go and jogged in with her. She did really well herself...
Overall a good indicator of where I am at...