Notes
Started out good, maybe a bit too fast (was running with Dorli), but when we hit the gravel portion after mile 2, I really struggled. Just don't like running on that stuff. Gravel until 4.7 mile, then on the paved bike path for about 3 miles (that never seemed to end). Up and over the dyke to run a couple miles in the flood plain, then back up on the dyke for a couple miles before getting down back on the bike path for the last two miles to the finish. Cramping in my left ankle (up from ankle on the outside) had me walking a bit too much. Full on sun so it felt hotter than upper 60's by the end. I was in 7th, then passed by a 30'ish woman so a solid 8th for much of the second half. Ran with Bob Jordan for a bit, he wasn't having a good time out there either (had been sick). It really helped to have him to run with for awhile. Passed the gal who was running with Anna (she was suffering hamstring cramps it looked like) and then passed that woman who'd passed me earlier, so finished in 6th. Course was long, and they knew it when they posted the course (posted it as 13.2 miles) but I'm keeping log at 13.1 so it's consistent.