Establishing and maintaining a pace was difficult as the race day adreneline was flowing ... found that I had to pull myself back and regulate breathing to ensure pace was sustainable.

Difficult time drinking - was thirsty but did not want to stop to take in water. Very difficult to get more than a mouthful in your mouth while in mid-stride

This made taking my Hammergel difficult as that stuff is thick like molasses getting down. Ended up sucking on a 1/3 of the gel over 1 miles and then throwing it out in a course trashcan (few & far between).

Thinking of running with my Camelback. The sloshing would perhaps become annoying, but then again so is dehydration.

Turned on the heat about 1/2 mile out ... and finished the race spent. (Throwing up during the last 200 yards seemed like a possibility as I pushed myself beyond running in good form.)

Was too spent to warm down. In fact was kind of dazed.


Need to work on running form in general and especially when sprinting towards the finish line. Perhaps need to work on breathing regulation as well as I was really huffing during the last mile.


Could have used one more drink station in the middle, but overall this was an excellent + well organized race ... the perfect Peachtree qaulifier! (If you want a chance to qaulify in the first 3 waves of the Peachtree, this is the race to do as the course is fast!)

To cap off a personal best time and more importantly making the Peachtree Road Race qaulifying cut, I won a free pair of NB running shorts + shirt plus a free pair of NB shoes from Big Peach Running Company! All in all about $175 worth of stuff - wahooo!

Going to go buy a lottery ticket now ...