Got warm quick and was soon regretting even the long sleeve shirt. I knew I was under-trained coming in, but it became pretty apparent around the 5 mile point. I wasn't having much fun and was kinda pissed at myself for being out there. Glad that I pushed through and did get a second wind around the 10-11k mark. I feel like I finished strong, even though my splits were not any faster - we were running into the wind after the last turn-around.
I slowed down at each water station and grabbed a drink. I didn't take any gels because I didn't feel like my stomach was a willing particpant in that venture today.
There was a fair amount of pace booty on course, unfortanately running at a pace that was beyond me today. I spent most of the last half running with a lady and wondering if the 62 on her bib was her actual age or just a coincidence. (She was actually 59 and I beat her, for the record)
I'm still going to rate this as a good race because I'm proud that I got through the negativity mid-race to finish strong and I learned a good lesson on race preparation (don't skip the tough workouts!!)

Train more, dress appropriately, train more, hydrate better leading up to the race, and probably train more.

Walked from the finish area over to the food area. Did a little stretching while they were doing the 5k awards. The post-race spread was ok, and a little interesting. They had hot cocoa, water, Heed, bananans, oranges, pb&j on multi-grain. They also had chicken broth (which was surprisingly good at 10am) and vegitarian chilli (which sounded absolutely wrong at 10am)


Too warm and under-trained.... skipped too many of the speedwork and tempo run days on my plan --- our stupid bed just won't seem to let me out early on Monday mornings.


Good race - I did the 5k here 3 years ago and it seemed much more organized and staffed this time.
Entry fee was a little high, but being a fundraiser for a non-profit makes it easier to swallow. The shirt was a navy blue LS tech shirt.
I would do this race again.