I started the race towards the back at the start which was probably a mistake. I spent the first three minutes just moving up towards the front. My mile splits ranged from about 6:30 to 7:00 which was right where I wanted to be. I did slow down a little toward the end, but I felt like I was able to sustain this pace longer than I have in the past. I think my nutrition and hydration prior to the race helped with this. I also tapered for nearly 4 days, which is a little more than usual, but that's okay as I was definitely ready to go.

Maybe start toward the front a little bit more. I don't think it slowed me down to much, but I would have liked to try and break 42:00 minutes today. Still, that was probably my fastest time in 20 years.

The race ends with a 1 mile fun run for students. I did a little running around to encourage the students from my school. It wasn't much of a cool down, but it was enough.


Nothing really. I think I felt like I accomplished what I had set out to do. The trick will be adding one of these after the swim/bike in the Oly tri this summer.


They need to do a little more with the post race organization. There were some gaps in the announcements, and there was a problem with processing the results. The 10 K was over by 10:00, yet they still didn't have the race results.

The funner to be a runner is an event that has grown in popularity the last several years. They need to be a little clearer with the instructions as there was some confusion to the start of the race.