Decided I would run down to the start line for my warm up so 3 miles +- 8:15 pace. once I got there I got in line to register it went extremely slow, by the time registration was done and last stop at the pop it was almost time to start. Although by now it had been 50 min since my warm up so it did not help much. Start of the race I could feel my heart rate spiking which is why I needed the warm up lol I manage to stay calm and relax myself into a fast but controlled pace. By the time we hit half way I was in a good place and pace was coming easier, now I was in my groove. Managed to run a few people down on the back half hills and all. pushing the pace up a bit more through the last two then a good effort through the finish timed out at 42:38 1st in age group 19th overall feeling good still. then after waiting around forever (timing issues) stilldid not get bling yet oh well. I ran my way home another 3.8 to round out the 13 miles | 