Notes
Hour long race- first of it's kind I've ever done. I went in with a goal of 8 miles, which is a 7:30 pace and I felt it was doable, since I've been running pretty consistently at 8:15 to 8:30 as an easy pace and the 800s in 3:20, so 7:30 was modest. This meant I was actually hoping (and going for) over 8 miles.
Managed to go 3:22 for the first 800 and 21:37 for the first 5k, so I probably started off too fast. But I also made the mistake of paying attention to the pace my GPS watch was showing and not the actual time, and of course the pace was based on distance and my GPS overcalculated distance (as wont to do on a track), so I thought I was going 7 minute pace the whole time, when really it was the 7:20 I ended up with.
To be proud of is the consistency with which I ran. Other than the first lap where I went too fast and the 17th lap where I took a fueling break, I was really consistent. But maybe it just looks that way since I did laps and not miles. The miles were within 20 seconds of each other, so perhaps they were a bit spread out. I also don't know my paces for the miles until Monday (when I can plug my watch into the computer again) so I have to see how my mile paces were.
I got lapped twice by first place (which means he ran around .6 miles more than I did) and once by second place? or second place just picked up the pace after starting behind me? Which means had I not lost the 30 seconds by fueling, I may have beat her? Sigh. After seeing the results, that's what it looks like. I guess I didn't need to fuel, but I did think it would help.