The problem running a race with 55,000 people is that there are very few true runners. Instead you have wanna be runners and walkers. People who walk five wide on the far left of the road. I am sure these are the same people causing issues in rush hour traffic. I almost want to add another .2 miles to the course because of all the bobbing and weaving I had to do.

Felt great for the first three miles...went out a bit too fast. 7.18 at mile 1, 15.37 at mile 2, 22.58 at mile three. I was thinking great at this point. I just set it on cruise control and went.

Somewhere after mile 4, I became nausous. Not certain what the cause was...I felt hydrated. I pulled over and dry heaved a few times, not really producing much. But then I had a horrible taste in my mouth. I tried pull it together for a quick recovery.

I saw my time at mile 5 and knew I wasn't going to PR. I just started coasting at that point, trying to take in the scenary.

I found my friend in the last half mile, so I slowed down and ran with her so that we could cross the finish line together (gosh...i am such a softy). Realistically I think my time would have been closer to 51-52m.

Submit my 10K time and run in a seeded section. too many people to navigate through. Probably didn't help that I have been killing my legs over the past few days.

I was very hot post race. Took a LONG time to cool down. Felt overheated.


People everywhere. Lack of track speed work. I was too comfortable out there.