Notes
Garmin got so lost in mile 10, and again in the out-and-back, my splits are worthless. Total race was probably long because we had to re-route around a sink hole on the power line (although the two really big ones were fixed, so we got off Goldhill to get on the power line like the old course). Garmin was pretty much on track first couple of miles, then .3 behind at mile 10 and .5 mile behind at mile 16. So if I finished with Garmin saying 26 miles on the nose, the course was easily .3 mile long (right?).
Started out with Dorli, and made sure not to pass her in the first couple of miles to keep from going out too fast. Got stuck behind people a lot on the early trails, but figured it was good to not go out too fast, again. Frustrating, but good for me, really. Left Dorli behind at a water stop and just kept going. Felt pretty good, legs got tired on the hill though and some cramping in last third, but not anywhere near as bad as in the past.
Two big bottles of Nuun and two powershot gels, probably about right. Need to get S Caps.
Overall, a really good race. I wonder what my time would've been if the race was right distance?? I was only 5 minutes behind Anna Merrill and Greg Finstad. :)