AM This race is always exciting because of the amount of people who participate and seems to just get bigger every year. I had serious doubts with the outcome given how I've felt over the past week. Now that it's said and done I've got mixed feelings, but at least I accomplished my first goal, which was beat last years time....even if it was only by 20 seconds. : ) I missed pretty much all the mile markers, but caught the 4 & 10 mile splits. Miles 1 - 5 in 31:25, avg. 6:17 per mile
Felt surprisingly good in the first 2 miles, but got some horrible shin burn when the course starts to head downhill. Thankfully this went away around 4.5 miles in. On the flipside my legs just started to feel dead. I was trying everything I could to get some power out of them. Weird thing was my breathing felt controlled. So I was stuck in 1 gear for the rest of the race Miles 6 - 10 in 32:41, avg. 6:32 Total elapsed time 1:04:06, avg. 6:24 per mile Frustrated with how my legs are doin, but still moving at a decent clip. I'm trying to latch onto to people, but not happening. Just riding it out at this point. Miles 11 - 13.10 in 20:47, avg. 6:42 This is the hardest part for sure with a gradual climb up State St for 9 blocks that just gets steeper as you go, then turns for a 1.1 mile downhill finish to the Gateway mall. Last year I was hurting all over this whole stretch. Today my legs felt battered, but breathing was prety much fine. The part that sucks is I didn't make the time I wanted and my legs felt so crappy. I'm staying opmistic though because of the time I got with my legs feeling how they did, and also with how good my cardio felt over last year. Overall I think I'm in much better shape cardio wise this year. Now I need to get spped in the mix...and taper better before my next race. Saw James at the end, he ran a 1:15 something. Nice work man!
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