Great run for me. Pushed it hard the entire way as my goal was to be under 49 minutes and place in my age group. (I wanted that medal!) I was thrilled to place this year, but disappointed that I was beat out of second by only 4 seconds.

Maybe not take it out quite so fast and build into it a bit. I don't think I could have run any faster when I got near the finish. When coming into the last quarter mile or so push to the finish DO NOT LET ANYBODY PASS ME. I was passing a lot of others at the end, even though I could tell none of them were in my age group. I let one gal pass me right near the end and it turned out she was in my age group! So, I was beat out of second place by 4 seconds!

Walked for about 15 minutes.


I need to work on my finishes a bit. I may be starting my sprint too soon and having enough to really go all out at the end.


After a very sunny week, the fog rolled in on Friday night, so it was overcast and drizzly for the entire race. Temperature wasn't too bad (low 60's) and there was no wind coming off the water. Other than the drizzle (which wasn't too bad), conditions were pretty good for running.

Almost a 6 minute improvement over last year's time (first time I ran the race), although last year I was trying to keep my heart rate under 80%.