Great to see so many friends at the race today. Almost 2 minutes
faster than last year. Felt good at the start with a moment of
hesitation middle of the first mile - that moment was while running towards the end of the pier and not sure if I could run at the effort I was hoping for, maybe it was that I turned on the music at the right time or caught the spectacular view, but at that point I decided to go for the effort I was hoping for..
After that I held it pretty steady, except for a little bit slower around miles 3 and 4 where there is a pretty long hill (not too steep though, just kind of long) - but then you get to turn around and come right back down it.
Splits - 6:21, 6:15, 6:29, 6:32,6:19,6:23, 0.29@5:57.
I caught up to everyone except for the 1st place guy who was almost 7 minutes faster than me. Neil C.
and I ran together for some of the beginning, and finished just after
me (helped motivate me for that last mile when I could feel myself
starting to become a slacker). They had a police motorcycle just in
front of me which felt pretty cool (they had one in front of the first
place guy also but with such a huge gap I guess they wanted a second one
out there).
Kind of funny thing happened at the end. When I first saw the clock it said something like 38:45, it looked like I might actually come in under 39:00 I thought!! So, I gave it all that I had and the last that I saw on the clock said 38:58. Went past the finish, stopped my watch and saw 40:02 ??? I guess the clock was wrong, they soon had it fixed to the right time, but just for that one instant I felt like I might have gotten a huge PR!.
I wore the Brooks T7 racers which may not have been the
best choice with the warm up/cool down and the walk to and from the car -
feet were a bit sore!
2.97
mi
00:27
08:57 pace
Did about 1.5 miles easy running, then 4 strides before the race.
After the race I wasn't going to run but I had plenty of time to kill
before awards so I ran on the grass along the waterfront which felt
great.
