I felt good most of the race. I went out too fast as always, around an 8:15 pace. I tried to slow down my pace, but it was difficult after I had settled into a rhythm. So I decided to hang on to that pace and see what would happen. Turns out I could hold it until about mile 9 or 10. I started to struggle a little then. I started to lose my mental focus, which is frequently an issue for me. I did walk for about 20-25 seconds twice at the last part of the race. At about mile 10 to 10.5 and again at about 12 or so. In the grand scheme of things I can't be too dissapointed because I did post a PR by about 7 minutes and 25 seconds!

Slow my starting pace down some and have a little more left for the end of the race. I wasn't so much trying to negative split as I was wanting to even pace through the race.

A couple of bottles of water and some grapes. Walked around for a bit and talked with Becky, Mike & Courtney and went to cheer for some other finishers.


I think I performed well overall. If I can continue to drop some more weight I will continue to get faster. My cardiovascular fitness was there for the most part. I need to work on pushing myself mentally when fatigued or not feeling great. More tempo work to hold pace for a long period to let my mind and body know what a specific pace feels like.


For being a city of Germantown run race (instead of an event management company) they do a good job with it. I have enjoyed the race, the post race could be a little more fun.