Well, not as fast as last year but gee I wonder why... not really, I know why. No excuses from me except for the fact I have not done as much base as last year, and getting up at 3am every morning to get to work with a 45 minute commute each way just stinkin drains me folks. Top off the fact I was running against guys who are really good runners! I did some stupid pacing at miles 2-4 that I ended up paying for in dividends. I kept hanging onto Seth Wold and Jeff McClellan hoping the draft I could gain from them would be just enough energy savings to get me into PR territory. Not to be however.. Combine all the surging on everyone's part and you have lactic acid especial served up quickly. 5:10-15/mile pace over that distance is just too much for me to sustain right now. Back to the training board and time to get freaking serious about things now.
On the other hand, not too bad for a 38 year old guy with 40-50 mile/wk avg perhaps. I'm too competitive for my own good sometimes.
Darkhorse out...
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