I read about the race a bit and knew I should be able to be #3, so I lined up near the front. I overheard one girl near me, also a frontrunner, had a planned pace of 7:30 and I thought, I can be faster than that so I am ok to be near the front.

I think I could not have done this differently. I passed the #4 girl and left her well behind. I saw the #2 girl and stayed at her heels. I passed her just after the last hill, band felt good, then almost thought I would puke, then felt good again and pulled ahead. But then I heard her coming and I knew I didn't have anything left to accelerate. She was ahead by 10 sec at finish! I was still delighted w/ my time. Goal was <7 min/mile and I broke 21 min which was goal #2 . . . 6:45 pace is great, my fastest ever I think.

Nada. I skipped weights this day. Weight was 128.8 after race. But it is February so I don't want to be thin this time of year.


Awesome super fun race series -- never let winter win! Paula has a great raffle post-race, SinDawgs and real food too, and tosses Dave's bread into the crowd -- so fun!