I didn't leave myself quite enough time to warmup with pre-race rituals and all, so I started off a little slow and felt tight for the first few miles. I was hoping that it would improve as the race went on, but I wasn't sure. Especially since my IT band's been a little sore lately. But as the race went on, I felt better. It wasn't a great time, but I had to cut back on running quite a bit this week with my IT band and with the conference traveling and such. These were my mile splits: 1: 7:24 2: 7:20 3: 7:15 4: 7:05 5: 6:55 6: 7:06 7: 6:59 8: 6:31 9: 6:51 10: 6:37 11: 6:24 12: 6:26 13: 6:09 Last .1 : :32 I then ran four miles as a cooldown. All things considered, I was happy with the race. I think with a better warmup and without some other kinks, I could have run quite a bit faster. But it's a good refresher in racing. Elixir--26 miles
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