I made sure I started easy for 1st mile, hit my goal pace of 7:30 right on. Mile 1 does have a hill, fairly flat afterwards. Never looked at my HR but just went of pace. Intentionally stayed a little below 7:30 for 1st half, at half way point (roughly) my avg pace was 7:21. Sped up on 2nd half and ended up with a negative split. I felt pretty good up to last turn around just over mile 9. Last 2.4 miles I was running sub 7:10 and was feeling it. Runners pretty spaced out end. I passed some females (12 min head start) and tried to catch a male but while I was able to gain I could not catch him.

McMillan race calculator had me at a 7:13 based on 3/22 5k time (20:29) so that was part of the reason I decided to make my target goal a little faster. It wasn't too far off.

Good tri club turnout: Mario, Joe M, Mederic, Joe R, Adam, Dave C that I saw. From the results: Trevor, Kameron, Chris Coon, Shaun P, Tom W, Mike F, Margo F, Wendy N. Volunteers: Mauers, Pater M, Bill N

Not much, very happy with the race and my strategy.

Hung out with some of the tri club participants, partook of post race goodies and drinks.

Short bike ride with Barb Sat afternoon, then Masters/nap. My legs definitely felt beat up on Sat and Sun but feeling pretty good today (Mon).




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Maybe a little early for this distance for me but I would consider doing it again. Fools 5 was on Sun so it was one or the other but not both on the same weekend.