My goal going into this was to break 20 but I wasn't sure how that would go with the high heat and humidity already present before 8 AM

Mile1- felt great.. had set my watch to beep at me every 6 :15 and hit the first mile at just over six minutes. Was pacing with about four guys who were pretty consistent to this point.

Mile 2- After the turnaround started to get the wind coming off of tampa bay just like in my marathon! Also really starting to heat up. I knew this mile was slower 6:38

Mile 3- Passed my dad and John going the other way I knew it was going to be close but hit the third mile in 5 51 and could see the clock counting in the 1930s ahead of me

Last bit---- I was confused bc according to my watch I still had a few secs left in the 19s. Hoped the chip time would give me a few as the clock said 20 02 when I passed

Afterwards- I was excited about winning but really bummed about my time. My hub also got some hardware taking third in his age group. We both missed our target times by a few seconds though. I found out afterwards that even though we had chips the race wasn't chip timed. Boo :(

Run just a tiny bit faster!