I just used this as a tempo run. Pushed, but didn't race it. Felt pretty good at the end. Had no GPS as my Garmin is starting to fail. Still had HR to help out with my guesswork. Just paced off some people & RPE in the first half mile. Then HR built up enough to be of use. Kept building some throughout and picking up speed (per the mile markers). So many people start out too fast. Ended up working my way up to 4th without having to really work for it. Just comfortably hard by the end.

A little more jogging afterward. They had a few choices of food afterward, but when there is pizza (as there always should be) then that pretty much makes the decision obvious. Couple pieces of that, some chips and some chocolate cake.


I just stayed at comfortably hard. Have had some weird things going on with my performance, so didn't push it. Also trying to put in a lot of miles on the run lately, so didn't want to chance overdoing it. Long term is far more important than a local event. Felt like I could have done it again exactly like the first time, so that seems about right.


Everyone who beats Matt's times gets into a drawing for some prizes. Don't remember they gave out because I didn't get one, but all of us did get a $5 card to Baker's Square, so can't complain there!