8:19 avg
Ran this one bandit but I still had the weirdest pre-race dreams ever. I must have known deep down that I would see what I had in me. Started out w/ a mile warm up w/ Luz then Jos, Luz,RAD and I took our places. By the first aide station Josse used her veteran water stop skills and pulled away from me and I started to feel like I wasn't quite in the race mentality state but I kept her in my sight the whole race. Her pink shirt right up ahead of me kept my legs moving. I thought a couple times I could catch her if I just picked it up a bit but then I would get scared thinking it would get to me so I stayed as steady as I could. The last couple miles I battled my head a little but I'm glad I kept it up and managed what I did. I matched my fasted half, which was Hobble Creek back in the day, so that makes me happy.
8:49, 8:52, 8:11, 8:16, 7:53, 8:06, 8:34, 8:15, 8:00, 7:56, 8:14, 8:29, 8:29, 0:48 |