The short story is that prior to today I had run under 6 miles since my last race, on Feb 11th. So no fitness and definitely no legs. I was going to skip it but then I ran 4 on Thursday and decided things weren't that bad. So I decided to give it a go and run with the pack for fun. It was really kind of nice to run with no pressure other than to finish and not get hurt. I moved back from my starting corral to one several back and started in the back of that. Then I just went with the flow of the crowd. It was fun being in a group and getting to pass lots of people. It was even better that my foot felt pretty normal and didn't give me any problems. My quads and hamstrings weren't enjoying the pounding but at least they didn't cramp. My finishing time was slow but I was pleased to get through it. It was fun to be at a big race again. 1:47:09 overall - first 8 were 8:22 ave pace last 5.1 were 7:51 ave. Last one was low 7's probably (didn't use my watch so just a guess)
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