Ethan Cannon

6:48 pace, east river road. Not sure why I seem to be running a little slower recently.

6:55 pace, farmers fields. Left before 7 am which is not crazy early but it was quite dark at first running up the hill. 

West river north, then a hard 2:30, 1:15, and 1:15. Those really left my heart pumping so I'm glad I got in something hard before the race. 

Bad sleep last night, for reasons I won't go into. This isn't the preparation you'd want for your last race of the season but oh well. Leaf-catching season got its start with my first grab on the diagonal trail. 

I had an early appointment so I ran in the afternoon. There is definitely some appeal to that but I don't think I will be switching to afternoon runs anytime soon. 

And there's a wrap on the 2024 season! Last year was warm and this year was even warmer- 55 degrees, cloudy, and the wind didn't make me cold during warm up. The trees were really pretty and with the warm weather it was quite enjoyable. On my warmup I saw the MN Distance Elite guys and knew I would be locked out of the prize money (although I almost wasn't). I think I actually enjoyed the race more knowing I could just worry about running as fast as I could, and that if I ran fast or slow I would have someone to run with. This race was definitely nicer than last year when I felt fatigued. It was good to get back under 31 minutes in a road race 10K for surprisingly only the second time in my career. I hadn't thought the wind was super strong but I ran a negative split and definitely felt pushed along a lot coming back north, presumably due to the wind. The last 2 or 3 miles was kind of a stalemate where a guy behind me wasn't catching up and after closing in on third place I couldn't finish closing the gap.

Splits: 4:51, 5:00, 5:06, 4:55, 4:55, 4:56, 58

2024 placement: 2nd, 26th, 1st, 1st (if you count that one), 4th.