Notes
I wanted improvement over my last race. I knew during the warm up it wasn't going to happen. My heart rate was about 10 bpm too high. I still tried and came up a little short. I'm both satisfied and bummed at the same time. First race if the season better results to come.
I thought I was taking it easy the first mile. I even backed down a few times. I wonder if I would have pushed it just a little more during that first mile if I wouldn't have done better. It's tough to say looking back. You try to remember exactly how you felt. I know I was pushing pretty hard and I even gave extra effort the last half mile so I should be thankful for that effort to keep me where I was. A little more work and I think I'll get there. Gone are the days of gigantic leaps in performance I'll have to take it at 15 seconds a year.