Went out pretty fast trying to keep up with my neighbor. I always have better times when I run with him. There were timers at each mile marker and my first two miles were roughly 8.5 min miles. I knew this was way too fast so I slowed it down a little. Made up my mind prior to race where I was going to walk so I tried to stick to this. I had planned on only walking the uphill on the bridges and the water station. Ended up running half the uphills on the bridges and then walked to the apex. Then started to run again. Seemed to work pretty well. Mile three and four I lost some focus and was draggina bit. Wished I would have focused better but once I completed mile 4 I got a second wind and was able to get in a bit of a groove. Seeing that I had a shot at my goal of an hour I was happy and this made pushing through it a bit easier. I knew my first goal of a 10min/mile pace was in the bag so the rest was gravy. not knowing what to expect having never run a 10K without a bike or a swim combined made goal setting a bit tougher. Once we got up to the finishing level many people took off running hard. THere was still a mile left and it was frustrationg to see people passing me. However I knew that there was still a mile left so I kept to my pace. With a 1/3 of a mile left and the final straight I decided to stride it out and try to finish strong. This worked well and I crossed the line. Like a moron I forgot to look at the time so I was unsure where I came in but knew I did better than expected. Also did not know they were taking pictures so I am worried what that will look like. All in all a good day

Push through the 3 and 4 mile better, not lose focus
Start my final kick a little earlier. Will definately do this next year now that I know the course/

Walked around and found my friends, went to car and drank my protein shake and drove home


Knee and ankle, more training?


One major bad part about this race was the number of walkers they allowed to start with the runners. Spent the first mile dodging inconsiderate walkers. Some walking four abreast. THey should have been in the back where the walkers were supposed to start.