I was nervous for this race, because I knew it would be a better measure of my fitness than Taylorsville Dayzz. I was disappointed that there wasn't a stronger women's field, because I wanted to really race and hopefully get pulled to a good time. But, I'm still pretty happy with the outcome. The last time I ran this race (non-pregnant) I ran an 18:21, so I wasn't too far off . However, I do keep remembering 10 years ago when I ran this race for the first time and ran a 17:10. Those were the days! I warmed up three miles. The rain cooled things down a bit, but made it humid. I went out in a 5:53 for the first mile. After the turnaround, I found myself alone, 30 seconds between two different men. So, I spent two thirds of the race running by myself. That made it difficult to push. I went through the 2 mile in 5:54. I knew it would get tough maintaining my pace up the hill to the park. The three mile said 6:10, but then the last .17 was 31. I think the mile three mark may have been off. I don't think I can really finish in a 62 quarter pace. Overall time was 18:29, which sounds so much faster than 18:30. One more small step forward in improving my fitness. I cooled down three miles and watched Cole run the kids race.
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