I wrote this whole report up yesterday and the computer froze up. So here I am again. All things considered it was a good race especially for being so sick and hacking the whole well. My low expectations gave me the best night’s sleep I have ever had the day before a race. The 9:00 AM start help to.
I really enjoyed the course. Pretty much no warm up and we walked over from the hotel about 15 minutes before the start. The fist mile was notable because about 3/4 miles in you start hearing this horse galloping down the road. A lot of runners made jokes but sure enough there was a horse running down the side of the road. First mile took 6:16 and the HR was low 154. I think the cool temps through me a little of HR wise I was 161 average with a high of 168.
The next couple mile I got into a grove a 19:40 5K then I got passed by three women over the next 3 miles. That gave me some motivation but I was hacking so much and the bruised rib created enough of an excuse that I never kicked it in. I passed about 5 guys in the middle of the race and I got passed by 4 different guys. The first 4 miles I did a great job of drafting of people in front and I had a few great surges but for the most part it was uneventful and all things considered I was pleased with the result. I hit my 15K at 1:01:16
At the finish there was no one close to passing me or being passed so I just coasted in. About 20 seconds later I saw May Ann finish behind me and I thought well that’s a first but later on I realized she started a while after me and beat me by under a second.
I feel like I am right where I want to be and all my goals for the year are still obtainable. Not a PR but a much harder course and it would have been a PR if things were changed around a bit.
Suzanne rolled in at 2:05:20 I thought that was great. It was a quick trip down and back we had a lot of fun with out the kids for 27 hours. After words I felt pretty good not to much nausea. I took three ibuprofen before hand for the rib and some cough suppressant syrup. Besides that, I took nothing including caffeine. I will try to get the rest of the details later.
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