I flooded my apartment the Thursday before the race and worked 10 hour straight trying to clean it up (instead of sleep.) This was the worst time possible not to get some decent rest so I was a bit tired and lethargic leading up to the race (up until the bib pickup I was contemplating switching to the bike tour.) I was doing well with the same plan as I did weeks ago at the Disneyland Half, but simply ran out of gas to execute the rest of the plan in the last three miles and could not provide the kick needed in the last three miles for a successful negative split.

Get decent sleep several days before the race x_x Wait for foot to heal up to be able to consistently train better

Walk down course, find friend who was still racing, run with her for about half a mile


No enough sleep two nights before. Exhausted my reserves pre-race.


Plentiful porti potties, they got rid of that stupid pedestrian bridge from two years ago when I last ran this race. Looks like they improved the course and finish area to make it easier to get around. I wish they had chocolate milk at the finish, though.