I am pretty excited about this race. I beat even my dream for this. I underestimated what running in lighter shoes would do to help me. However, I am super sore now.
The race was a bit windy and really crowded. The corwds were good for me as it forced me to to go out too fast. First mile was 7:55 and I felt really good. Second mile was 7:39. Somhow I missed the 3 mile mark but I came through at 4 miles in 15:34 for the 2 miles. My 5th mile was 8:27 but I am sure i didn't slow down that much. The 6th mile was 7:37 so averaging the two the pace was 8:02. I didn't have much of a kick but I knew I ahd exceeded all my goals for this race. I was excited.
Jeff took 3rd in the race. There was a guy named Andrew Lemoncello who is a pro runner. He overwhlemed everyone winning by more than 1.5 minutes. A guy from NAU came up on Jeff during the second half of the race and beat him by 12 seconds. It was pretty windy too.
a good day! |