I was just so excited to run this race. I was not sure about what I could do but based on yesterdays run I knew I could easily go sub 30min. Decided to run completely by feel and I did manage not to look at my Garmin once which was a good thing because I think if I would have seen the HR during the race I would have probably slowed way down! Lower stomach has been bugging me again all afternoon and of course racing did not help but I did not feel it during the run at all which was nice. Still a strong wind out and as it is an out and back course we had tailwind which was OK as it has a nasty hill in there and headwind back which was tough especially as it also started to rain about 10 minutes into the race. I started very controlled and then slowly increased the pace more and more and felt like I was flying with the tailwind. Going against the wind felt like standing still at time so I was actually very surprised to see the pace for the last 2km and that it was not as slow as I expected. I just felt that way. About 4km (I guess) I felt as if my legs were about to be done but I completely ignored that and kept pushing. I am nothing but thrilled with this time and the pace and the best thing is that nothing hurted during the run and nothing hurts now 2 hours later :) Not even a stiff hip flexor muscles like I had yesterday during the fast intervals. Of course I spent some quality time with my foam roller right after! Awesome race!!! :)