Overall I had a great run! Nutritionally I was stocked with 20 OX of Gatorade Endurance, 5 gels diluted to 10 oz and 10 oz of water. The plan was to take a hit of gels every 15 minutes, sip the Gatorade between gels and take water at every station. The first few miles were uphill and into the wind so I tucked behind a fellow triathlete and used him as a wind breaker, thank heavens he was a break winder!! (If Bob Moore is reading this, thanks for the wind screen!) First 4 miles were 7:17, 7:08, 7:04 and 7:32. I was glad to have the uphill portion done and over with. That 7:32 kinda hurt!! I lost my windscreen after the 3rd mile and tried to use anyone I came up behind until mile 7 when the wind was at our backs. The roads were a bit rough and I twisted my ankle 3 or 4 times before I started running in the middle of the road until cars came. Nutrition was spot on with gels going down every 15 minutes and Gatorade between gels, I timed the water stops to be right after the gel shots to wash them down. The next 4 miles were rolling hills, splits for them were 6:48, 7:13, 6:49 and 7:10. Can you tell where the downhills were? :) Still feeling good at this point, there is a pretty steep hill at the 9.75 mile mark and I definitely struggled a bit to get up that one. Splits for these 2 miles were 6:47 and 7:14. I was really looking forward to the last 5K. Slight downhill with the wind to the back, yessssss!!!! Last 3 miles were 7:06, 6:29 and 6:35. I passed 3 people in the last 3 miles who had passed me earlier and had a strong finish to the matt as I saw 1:32:00 coming fast. I managed to sprint to a 1:31:59! PR by over 3 minutes!!

LOSE WEIGHT!!! Other than that ........ NADA!!

Walked around a bit with some triathletes, washed the salt off my head with water and went up to the track and ran 2 miles at a very easy pace. Went down to the check-in, had some bagels, bananas and apples and enjoyed a spectacular post race massage!!


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This is a great race, especially with the weather we had today. Weather can kill the mood of this race as it can be fridgid with blowing snow one year and sunny and 65 the next. There could have been a few more water stations, they were spread out every 3 miles or so. Overall I love this race and will keep coming back for more!!