Okay.... lets see here. There's so much to say. BAsically I had a great first 6 miles then fell apart. I was on pace to break 55 at 5 miles... everything went down hill after that. the last 3.3 miles I just wanted to get to where the water was! It was great to be out of snow, I'm not complaining. Anyway, at mile 6 LIndsay Hattendorf caught me, and I drafted off of her for most of the rest of the race. It was a nice and welcomed reprieve to have another woman to run with, and there was some wind on the way back. I took water at every water stop that had people standing out. One didn't have enough people working it... hey that happens. Anyway, the pace felt soooooo slow so I tried to make a move at mile 8 and just didn't have the umph to carry through. So I decided I'd just out kick her... Knowing her speed I didn't want to take chances. She had been looking at our shadowns to see where I was so I decided to let her have 5 meters or so, to give her some confidence. It worked. at .3 I put the hammer down, and she didn't challenge me. My hammy was SCREAMING at me to lay up, I was cramping from dehydration, I just had to get to the tape first! NOt a Pr... but no one seemed to run PR's, not even Florida people.
Lindsay was extremely nice. She seemed okay nice when she kicked my butt at 4 on the 4th, but she was extremely nice today. Classy lady. The course was beautiful, and the stay was excellent. I had a blast with my In-Laws and my Nephew is incredibly cute! It feels good to cross the "tape" have it be something other than a piece of red yarn! | 