I was playing w/ my garmin on the way to the race. Did you know you can display sunrise and sunset? While playing I had gps turned off. Forgot to turn it back on, so 1st mile was spent trying to figure out what was wrong, then deciding if I should bother to turn gps on, then bothering to do so. Didn't even notice that it was uphill..... nice.

Really really tried to get into zone 4 but never did. Spent it all in Zone 3 and junk zone. Looking back at LT results, that's tempo and this was supposed to be a tempo run, so guess it's all good.

Too much concrete for my liking, but body parts didn't complain too much. Wind at our backs on the way out, which I should have taken better advantage of, and blowing harder on the way back, of course :)

Pretty happy. Wanted to do 8:20 pace and did 8:08. Wanted to do better than 6th place in AG (last month's finish) and came in 5th.

Next time I'll carry my own water, even tho only 10 miles -- I hate using a paper cup once and throwing it away. And it's easier to sip out of fuelbelt bottles.

And focus better. Forgot at times this was a race. Got sloppy w/ form. Didn't make myself stay with people that were passing me.

Walked to car for clothes. Drank Endurox. Stretched watching others finish. Walked around chatting and cheering.


Training, always. Sore parts. Weight, always, but getting better.


Fun winter running series. Some incredible athletes.