Notes
I dunno, I should feel better about this PR, but I was dead set on breaking 20 minutes.
Lots of things that weren't ideal here. Miles not being marked is a pet peeve of mine. I was not accustomed to running in the cold, and felt like I was having trouble getting going, and the cold air was hard on me. Ran most of the race alone, so was difficult to stick to my pace. All in all though, I felt like I should have done better.
First lap felt hard but seemed internally like the right pace. Second lap I knew I fell off a little bit, and then the third lap I glanced at my watch and saw that I was at 13:00 as I passed the chute, meaning I needed to run a sub 7:00 final lap, which was going to be tough. Just couldn't hold on for that last lap.
Still a PR by 12 seconds, so I'm getting there, just need to keep working.
Also, my first age group win, small field though it was. :)