This was one tough course and race for me. It had all the things I don't much care for in a race: heat (70+ degrees), wind (very stiff from the South), hills (in particular lots of uphill late in the race), late start (11am), and incorrect distance (6.35 according to most everyone with GPS). But on the positive side I got a great workout and worked harder than I would have if it were just a training run. First 3 miles were nice with more downhill than up and some tailwind, last 1/2 of race was killer with that stiff south breeze and LOTS of uphill the last 2 miles. And it's always a heart-breaker when you're watch says the race should be over but you get a couple "bonus" 10th of miles tacked on to the end. I faded pretty bad the last half but I guess the good news was that the runners around me were fading worse. I passed about 5 or 6 guys and didn't get passed by anyone so I'll count that as positive. Overall I'm OK with this race, but I don't think I'll run it again. Overall time/pace: 45:25/7:09 (6.35 miles) Splits: 6:49, 6:50, 6:50 (headwind), 7:13 (worst of headwind), 7:36 (worst of the uphill), 7:30 (still plenty of uphill), 2:36 (7:23 pace still uphill to the finish except for last .10)
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