Notes
Ugh - That was brutally hot. Dumped more water on me than I drank. Nice job out there everyone. Been feeling a bit burnt out the last week and half so didn't feel nearly as sharp as I would have liked, but held it together, sort of.. Felt sloppy that last mile and half..eek.
67th place
11/423 in 30-34Ag
Nettime: 35:10
Guntime: 35:17
3 of 4 goals accomplished...
A. Goal was to go sub 35
B. Goal PB
C. Finish faster than 2018
D. Finish
First mile was fun, passed tons of people, saw Mulchay and gave her a cheer. First mile check. Not too winded. Second mile, started to breath heavier, looked down and saw 5:45, not where I wanted to be, so picked it up and went through in 5:41 - I could deal with that. Saw Robert Ashby in the distance and settled on picking him up, by mile 2.5-3 I caught him and stuck with him for around 3/4mile. Rico was right there too. At the 4ish mile aid station he dropped off, and I kept o n rolling, the heat/humidity was miserable.. I totally forgot about the rolling hills the last 2 miles. Around 4.5 I caught Homich - he looked a little rough - thought for sure he was right on me heels as I suffered on the rolling hills the last mile before the turn into the Park for the final 1/3 of a mile. That sharp right into the park and hill sucked so much. Happy to finish, and even happier to walk away with a PB by 15sec. Previous best was way back from 2011! so a 15 sec best and back in top form.
Really wanted to break 35mins after the July 3rd race but fell off track when I began skipping my long runs, and after DEST 2 weeks ago I was just run down. I pushed too hard at DEST and dug myself into a hole that I barely scrambled out out by today. Given mile 6 was 15ish second slower than the other 5, I was right there on the cusp if training was on track.
Much improved from my first running of Beach2Beacon in 2018, where I ran 38:10.