Run went really, really well. I was shooting for 8:30 splits on the first 6 miles, and the first 5 were right of the money. I may have slipped a bit miles 6-9, but then kicked it up a notch again to finish very strong.
Fuel - 24 oz of 50/50 gatarade/water mix, 1 choc. GU at 1/2 way point.
Beat my brother by over 4 minutes, and he is a much better trained runner than I am.

Nothing

The end was painful once I stopped. I just had to keep moving (although slowly). After 10 or 15 minutes I was able to stretch some which helped. Downed an Endurox about 30 minutes after the race.
After the awards and raffle, we went to Madison Bear Gardens, and had hambugers and a pitch of Sierra Nevada Wheat - that helped the pain a lot!!!



I ran the best race I could have done at my current level of training.

Need additional speed work, tempo runs and long runs to move up to the next level.


The water stations were spaced pretty far apart - and the one about mile nine ran out of water for the second loop. I carried my own bottle in a fuel belt, so I was ok but the other runners were dry......