like most large races it's tough to find room to get yourself going, which at the time i was ok with since it keep me in check and would let me get into my groove, but would hurt me later. The first 2 miles were like 8:45 and 8:36, i missed the 3rd mile mark so that messed up the 4th mile split as well. I am guessing i was a little faster on both those splits but maybe not that much. Once i hit mile 5 i was in a nice groove, my mile splits were between 8:17 -- 8:23, but more in the 8:19 area. I was feeling pretty good. As it hit mile 7 i started doing the math to see if i could get under 1:50, i knew it was going to be hard. As i hit mile 9 i started to feel a little uncomfy, i tried to stayed focused. I hit mile 10 and i was still keeping the 8:19 pace, 11 and 12 would be the same, the last 1/2 mile there is a very very slight uphill, i couldn't get anything going in this uphill, all i could do was hold the pace i was at, but i knew i had to run faster if i wanted the PR, i didn't want to look at my watch. I wanted to keep pushing and see what happens. I finally hit some level ground and even start going down hill, after the slight downhill you have to make a sharp right and head to the finish line. I cross in 1:50:09. A new PR for me, by over 2 minutes. Sure i would have love to see 1:49 on the clock, but i was more than happy with my time. I think if i did have all that early traffic i oould have broke 1:50 no problem, but i guess i had 10-11 miles to correct that problem.. I think i had a very good race.

as always run faster. :)

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myself


great race, but the post race is very weak..