All I can say is wow, I loved this race!!! This was a very organized and well put together race. It started right on time, the goody bags were great, they even had gloves and a blanket for the colder start, the drop bag even had your name personalized on it which was a nice touch, there were about a zilllion port a potties at the start which made for vitually no wait, the ride up was in a coach bus, not a school bus, the aid stations were perfectly placed and well stocked, the finisher medals were huge and there was a large variety of food to choose from at the finish.
Jason and I met up with Jay and Melissa. We took the bus up and did the waiting game, it was so nice to have friends there to chat with. Like I said before the race started on time and we took off fast. This course is very aided, but no so much that I felt out of control. I need to download my splits from my watch, but our pace was around a 7:05 minute mile for about the first 9 or so miles. I felt myself starting to slow big time around mile 10. I told myself there was only a 5k left and pushed on. As I looked at my watch with a mile to go I realized that I could get in under 1:40, sadly I missed by 21 seconds. I wish the clock at the finish line had been working when I came in, maybe then I could have pushed strong to make it in. I'm completely happy with my time and know there are always more races. I finished with a time of 1:40:20, 7:40 AP. I was just grateful to have my kiddos there watching me come through the finish line. It was fun to able to meet Tara from the blog as the 1:30 pacer. I got to chat with her for a minute, wish I could have stayed with her group:) A huge congrats to Melissa for taking 3rd place overall and to Jay for an unbelievable PR, I'm so proud of you guys. Jason and I got a massage and have agreed this needs to become an annual race.
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