Perfect race conditions today. Cool with a little breeze. I got a late start out of my house this morning so I didn't get in the warm up that I wanted. I jogged to my corral just in time for the national anthem.
I wanted to break 1:30 today. I started out the first few miles a little bit faster than goal pace, but it felt good so I just went with it. I was able to keep a pretty consistant pace throughout the whole race which felt really good. I ran in my flats and my foot held up well with only slight discomfort during the last 4 miles. My final time was 1:28:23, over 90 seconds faster than my goal pace and over 9 minutes faster than last years time of 1:37:44.
My Garmin read the course at 13.2 miles (6:42 avg pace). Splits were as follows:
6:39, 6:34, 6:43 (20:41 5k), 6:40, 6:47, 6:35 (41:51 10k), 6:46, 6:44, 6:58, 6:50 (1:07:39 10 miles), 6:41, 6:39, 6:40, 6:05 pace (final .2 per Garmin)
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