AM- Race: I decided to run the this race, get a feel for the half marathon distance again. Ty ran the race too, and he wanted me to pace him for a PR (his best half is a 1:28). So I decided to hang with him the first few miles of the race, as long as there was no one in front that I would compete against for the win. First 5 miles were 6:36, 6:35, 6:26, 6:21, 6:34. At this point, I decided to start moving up a little bit, and get into a better rhythm. 6:18, 6:15, 6:10, and 6:09 for the next few miles. Ty had lost me by this point in the race, and was back quite a ways so I just kept going. 6:06, 6:11, 6:15, 6:19 for the last 4 miles of the race. Felt really good, even at 6 flat pace, so I figured that I could have ran a 1:19-1:20 if I hadn't paced Ty for almost the first half of the race. S/O to him for getting a PR. Overall a good race and had some good pancakes afterwards.
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