In the past I have eaten a gel prior to racing; I tried the Perpetuem instead, hoping for longer-lasting energy. Felt like I was starting to fade in mile 4, so I consumed the gel I had with me. I like that burst of energy to give me a good finish, although it might just be in my mind.

At one point I found myself behind a group of runners who were running at the pace I intended, so I just hung out there awhile. Then I looked at my watch and saw that their pace had slowed! I'll try to be more alert to that.

Brought my foam -roller (travel size), tennis ball & strap to the race. After walking cool-down, while drinking Hammer Recoverite and eating 1/2 Hammer Recoverite bar, did my normal 20-minute rolling & stretching, which I do most days. Includes tennis ball to the glutes, rolling thighs separately (fronts, backs, sides),stretching hams, ITs, quads.


Have done no speed work since my injury last fall. I'm happy that my leg & knee felt fine during & after the race, so I feel confident that .it'll be fine when it's time to start adding it in.
Was 1 1/2 min slower than previous year, but I feel I ran it intelligently and gave it my all.


I don't look at my AG rank because I'm often the only one. I like to see how I rank among all women, which was 89th of 150. I shoot for 50th percentile, and in this one was 41st %ile.
I'd kind of hoped to break 60min and didn't quite; but the pace beyond which I'd feel really bad was 10:00/min, and I bested that considerably.