Start - I ran with my Garmin Forerunner, checking my pace alot (and HR), leaving late helped early (I got a quick start) but later I spent lots of time passing.

Miles 1-3 I went out a little fast (as always), uphill, but I felt I was holding some back. The hills on 15th street had me worried, and I hit 180 bpm; but I held my pace and then some, so something was going right. The end of the first half includes a big hill on 15th/Enfield which I guess I slaughtered because I ended up at mile 3 with a 7:05 pace (after the hills)!

Mile 4 was downhill; miles 5 and 6 are flat; I struggled some but apparently never dropped below 7:20 for long. I marked some 6:45ish girls and that helped (I'm about to heave, and they're talking as they pass me).
I stayed around my top end the entire last 3 miles (near 178bpm pretty much the last 2 miles). It hurt alot.

My goal was to PR, maybe break 46:00; I blasted it out of the water! I think I set a new threshold for pain on the bike recently, this helped me focus (tolerate the pain), made me believe I could run faster.

Maybe drink a bit more during the run, but hard to do without a bottle at this pace.

Got in the massage line immediately. Two bottles of fluids, two bananas, and 2-3 bags of chips too. Other than that, just mostly standing around and finding my family (some of my sister's kids ran it).


I imagine I would have to break through the latest "pain threshold" to get faster.

I think I could use some speed drills to get my turnover and stride length improved.


I like this smoothly-run race. I like Schlotzky's chips, they have a mountain of them for free (their Bun Run is next month). They could use more sports drinks (HEB supplied their Smart Water) and they ran out.