The weather was terrible which made it difficult to judge how much clothing to wear. I wore tights, t-shirt, Hot Chilis, another T and a warm up jacket, and gloves. This was too much, but stading at the start I was freezing. At about 1 mile I removed the gloves and put them in my jacket. At 1 1/2 miles I unzipped the jacket. Still too hot, but the tights were OK.

I had planned to run negative splits, but there weren't any mile markers so I couldn't really judge my pace. Several good runners bolted at the start and I should have not payed any attention to them. I ran the first 1 1/2 too fast and started fading toward the end.

Not wear so much clothing. Run a slower pace at the beginning and try to kick toward the end.

Walked around, drank Gatorade, ate a bananna.


Need to start speed training.


I have never trained as a runner until now. Cycling has been my main sport for the past 20 years. This was the first time I have run 'competitively'. It was a good guage for my fitness level. I've been running since the beginning of September and feel this wasn't too bad considering only having been running for 2+ months.

I think the weather kept many runners away. The organizers were disappointed with the turn out.