Since I was almost late to the start line, I had a bad position and spent the first 5-10 minutes dodging and jockeying for position. I think this slowed me down a little but not enough to be concerned with. Kept it in Zone 2 for the first 3 miles and kicked it up to try and stay in Zone 3 for the rest of the race. Though this was not very successful, as my HR data was kinda all over the place, it did keep me from being lazy. Every time I saw the monitor below my race level, I was reminded to pick it up a bit. One major hill slowed me down, and everything else was minor bumps in the road. Felt like I started to fade at mile 9-10, took a lot to keep from slowing down too much. Was able to pick it up in the last 1/2 mile to have a good finish.

Felt confident the whole time and was comfortable for the most part. Right calf/achilles was giving me trouble towards the end, and my hips now hurt like a mofo. However, no knee issues, and this was run without braces!

Not much I can think of. Used cliff shot blocks for nutrition. Cause slight cramps, but enough to not make me want to try again. It also brought up the fact that I need liquid nutrition from now on as it is difficult for me to chew while running. I feel that my training has paid off and I am in a good position for racing ING at the end of the month.

PR set today at 1:44(set by 5 minutes!)

Jog back to the car and stretched/rolled for 10 minutes. Wore compression tights in the car on the ride back.


Poor nutrition, lack of consistency in effort (HR data all over the place).


BEAUTIFUL COURSE. Great volunteers and well organized. Not much crowd support, so while it was a little demotivational, it was relaxing and calm.