I felt like garbage the few days leading up to the race so wasn't too optimistic. I started off with my wife and ended up losing her by accident because I got annoyed and ran through the grass for about a half mile to pass a bunch of people who think it's normal to run a 10min pace and start in the front.

I immediately felt my shin muscles start to cramp which is what happens when I don't warm up properly and go out too hard. I just pushed through it and saw a ton of people I knew on the course since it is my hometown I grew up in. I probably could have dropped the hammer more on the last mile but I waited too long for the push. I did pass a bunch of people towards the end though who seemed to be coming back to me. All the miles were within a 10 second or so pace from one another...would have to check my logs from last week.

Good race for me. I've come a long way this year from not really running at all to get to this point.

stretch and warmup better.

saw some friends and talked. stretched for about 12 seconds.


Too much upper body weight. More training.