I stayed at the condo again the night before the race. I had a great time hanging out with the girls. We made our own pasta dinner. It was yummy. I took 3/4 of an Ambien at about 10:00 and slept great until the alarm went off at 4:00 a.m.
As soon as we got to the start, we got in line for the Port-A-Potties. The lines were not moving. We were still about 3 people away when the gun went off. I was so bumbed we didn't get to start with the 3:30 pace group along with Dean and Jody.
I started with Angela and Michelle. Michelle decided to hold back after the 1st mile. I ran with Angela until mile 11. She was having some tummy problems. I waited for her twice, but by the 3rd time I decided I'd better just keep on going.
I felt really good. I wanted a 3:30 so bad. The slower first two miles put me behind and I never could made up that time. I am little disappointed with my time but it was still over a 4 minute PR. The best part of the whole race was that I didn't have to stop to go to the bathroom even once. That's never happened before. I even had a negative split by over 2 minutes.
My splits were 8:46, 8:24, 7:44, 7:42, 7:46, 8:21, 7:26, 8:46, 8:33, 8:14, 8:26, 8:38, 7:41, 7:44, 7:29, 7:41, 7:35, 8:01, 8:08, 7:53, 7:36, 8:07, 8:05, 7:56, 8:21 and 8:34.
I took a gu miles 5, 11, 17 and 21. I drank gatorade at the other stops.
It was so great to hang out with everyone after the race. It was a fun day.
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