Well, this was a good one for me. I went into not dwelling on it but feeling confident w/ training and being comfortable w/ the course. I was originally shooting for 3:30:00, but a few things happened yesterday that changed that. 1) I decided to go w/ some lighter shoes that I had never run very long in, and 2) a few people convinced me that I was a lot closer to the 3:1x:00s than I thought. So I just went out according to the feel of the body and went w/ that the entire race. It's not that the stars aligned, but it was a better than average day. Here are my splits: 1--8:23 2--8:09 3--8:10 4--7:28 5--7:44 6--7:33 7--7:27 8--8:44 Veyo hill. 9--7:59 10--7:47 11--8:00 12--7:52 13--7:36 14--7:58 15--7:21 16--7:15 17--7:19 18--7:33 19--7:42 20--7:45 21--7:01 Lots of decline. 22--7:33 23--7:27 24--7:12 25--7:55 26--7:45 .2--1:52 (7:15) I always wondered how people hit those later miles hard. Today, I just never really lost it. I enjoyed virtually every minute of the race. I feel a lot more confident that I have a 3:10:00 in me somewhere. Just need a good year of training to dig it out. Thanks to Cass and Tanner, Dallen and Nate, Some lady from Atlanta, Scott Hughes, and The Beast for the great company.
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