The plan for the day was to get a good marathon paced training run in. I wanted to run it at marathon pace no faster, and hopefully no slower. So I'm pretty happy with the outcome. Pace felt very comfortable and I think I could have did one more half. Hopefully! Three miles warm up with Dave. A few cool down as well, some alone some with friends. Very, Very hot and muggy. Just think about your grandmas green house. Pretty much all day. The first 6 miles or so felt a little sloppy, but by miles seven I was really feeling good and could have really pushed things. I made an effort to stop and drink at two water stations because of the heat. My splits were pretty consistant at around 5:40 other than the one mile that was a long climb (6 min or so pace) and then the two miles or so that were downhill (5:20 pace or so). The course was flat and rolling for the first 8 miles then uphill from around 9-10. Then from 10 down to 12 it is good fast downhill. The last mile was about half mile of hard uphill and half mile of flat...give or take. Good workout. Not really a race but glad to have ran goal time. | 