Notes
32 second net time / gun time differential...
Maybe this was inadvisable... got back from VA at ~1am and up at 6 to get to this. Based on my one solid workout I was hoping to run 5:40s from the gun which was probably unreasonable today. Pretty tough, Windy conditions. Started way back (see warmup log) and fought the crowds for a long time, so went out too fast for my fitness the first two miles and effort was likely even higher with all the weaving. By mile 3 I was all alone, could see the 8 or so guys ahead of me all stretched out and had no one to run with - struggled alone with the wind the rest of the way. The first few miles I was still thinking 5:3x average was possible, but by mile 5 or 6 i was just hoping to hold 5:50s... bad stomach stitch in mile 12 and had to stop and walk for a short bit to get rid of it.
Well, this wasn’t awful. I am as fit as I would hope to be, but I didn’t realllly think I was either. This was a lesson in coping with adversity. I’ll start Philly slow and shoot for a PR rather than a knock out.