My only goal was sub 2 hours. I had not specifically targeted this race but when I saw it on the calender the same week we would be at the Farm I signed up. I've had the breaking 2 hrs a HM goal for this year anyway so all my long runs so far had been with that goal in mind.

Maybe carried just a tiny faster pace earlier. I finished strong and even had a sprint to beat some lady who kept passing and fading back and finally wanted to race me. If I had paced just a little better maybe I would have the same time or faster with more even splits. But really, it went well.

Had some BBQ chicken, rescued my wife from the rain and crowds and headed back to The Farm for a shower-not realizing I would have to do some plumbing first because everything had backed up.


Nothing much, it went well


I had fun, the weather put a damper on the race events and my wife noted the race announcer was surely and kind of mean. It seemed like a nice area would like to see it in better weather. Between 7 and 10 miles I was running with someone who asked if these was the worse conditions I had ever run in. In fact it was not and we talked about Branson 70.3 and The Whiterock Marathon and commented I thought 60 degrees and light rain was rather pleasant