Started off faster than I wanted to, especially given that I hadn't warmed up at all pre-race. But I felt good and figured I would dial it back after the first walk break. I was finally successful at slowing my pace around the third mile marker. Fresh legs felt good.

My glasses started fogging up around mile four and I fought with them the rest of the course; at times having to remove them just to see the road. Need to get this issue fixed, or just ditch the shades for my regular glasses and HTFU on the glare.

My legs gave out somewhere during the tenth mile and the last 5K was a bit of a struggle. I'm not sure if this was due more to my fast start or the two big hills in miles ten and eleven leading to the uphill finish.



Find some anti-fog for my sunglasses or just stick to my regular ones. Start slower like I originally planned.

Tried Swiftwick compression socks for the first time today and really liked them. Very little soreness in my calves and my quads felt pretty good as well. Stretched for about 10-15 minutes before walking around and checking out the booths. Banana cream muscle milk is like drinking banana pudding. Good stuff! Ice bath and compression tights when I got home. My legs are a little tight, but nothing like they were in November after my last HM.


Starting to wonder about so much running in Z2 during training. Obviously, I want to avoid injury, but I am not sure it's not working against me when I try to run faster on race day. On the other hand, I don't think I am putting in enough distance to expect much more from a HM right now. Either way, today was a good reference for what I need to accomplish over the next eight and a half months.