Notes
Windy start. Great group showed up. Different Course, short course yet again.
Went out stupid (okay; ran my own race.) and went with the lead through 2 miles with another guy who quickly dropped off after 4.5 miles. A good group caught us in the first sub-division and i tired to stay with them but i knew that that 5:50ish pace was a little out of my realm. Stuck with them anyhow through miles 6 but decided not to push it and ask for something. Hung back with Ty, just cruising. As we made our way over the 395 overpass the wind just sucked the life out of ya. By mile 11 Matt caught up to TY and I and flew past us. I stayed with him, than passed and tired to push him to get under 1:19. Clearly I have some work ahead, but very happy with where my fitness is at this point. Splits are all over the place due to lots of reasons (hills, wind, out of shape ect...). Time to keep putting in solid work over the next few weeks before Boston. Tempo and marathon work ahead. I think if i can keep plugging away at the long pace work I should be good for something solid.
</rant>Good finish this year, but the course is still short. Needs to be certified if your going to have 100+ runners. I can't really complain all that much about the volunteers, since they take time out of their day to make ours better, but for goodness sake if we're running on the left side of the road, there's a curve AND a hill coming up, don't freaking put he water table on the outside of the curve, on the right side of the road, at the bottom of the hill! holy cow...</rant>