I ran the first lap (the 10k) with a friend who was doing that race so I think in the end I ran too hard too soon. By about mile 8 or 9 my legs were starting to tighten up and hurt so I back off and shuffled to the finish trying not to hurt myself. It's a funny conversation that happens in your head trying to balance not hurting yourself with the feeling like you're not going fast enough. My last HM I finished in 1:51, so this really wasn't the time I was looking for.

I took too much time off after IM AZ, my longest run since November until this race was about 7.5 miles, otherwise a whole bunch of 3-5 milers.

As far as race day clothing goes, I wore some running tights, windproof underwear, running shorts, calf sleeves, my toe socks, another pair of cold weather running socks, compression top, thick Brooks running top, Bontrager cycling jacket, gloves, balaclava and regular hat.

Went to the warming tent, which was no longer being warmed so quickly left there and got on the bus back to the parking lot. Spent 10 minutes in the car warming up and changing out of wet clothes before hitting the road.


Cold.


Plenty of drink stations, but a frozen cup of powerade doesn't do me much good! Not their fault of course when it's below zero out. They were running low on hot chocolate at the end, they really need to enforce the rule about food/drink being for runners only, not anyone who happens to want to help themselves.