Notes
Westford 10K Had 3 goals: 1) 42:00 2) New PR (sub 43:56) 3) Bring home some hardware. When the weather was upper 80s and humid, I figured the first one was a long shot. First two miles went according to plan. Each was 6:39. I knew I had to run negative splits on the downhill portion. Unfortunately I gave it all back in mile 3. 7:12. So 42:00 is gone. PR was still in reach until I started overheating around mile 4. 4th mile is in 7:35. 5th mile was the toughest...8:03. I knew at this point a PR was out of reach. I was able to pull it together during the 6th mile, thanks to the bonus water stop. 7:52. Uphill sprint to the finish put me past two runners into 6th overall. Took home 1st in the 30-39 age group since the lead thirtysomething finished in 3rd.