Notes
This was a very well put together race-- I was very impressed with the organization of it and the overall quality of pretty much everything about it. Since this was part of the "Steel Challenge," which consisted of this race, and a half-marathon the next day, I didn't run this one at my max pace. I still ran it pretty hard though, given the circumstances. I actually ended up running it harder than I originally intended, because a young man that beat me in a race a month prior just happened to be at the starting line of this one as well, and I wanted to pace him. Well, he ended up being a lot faster than I remembered, so I ended up giving this a pretty good effort. At the end of the race, he really turned on the jets, and I did my best to pass him across the finish line-- but NO GOOD! He beat me again! Kudos to the young champ!
After the race, as I was walking back to my car, I ran into JuJu Smith Schuster and got a selfie with him. Definitely one of the highlights of my life, let alone this race!