Just had a really good day. Felt good coming into the race, and comfortable with my training even though I knew it was less than ideal. We also looked at the course profile closely and knew where to push and where to lay back. I felt very comfortable through about 7, good through 10, and then ran the hardest 5K I had left. I knew I was on a good day when I went through the first 10K in about 41 minutes, and then just focused on holding the best pace I had in my legs without blowing up. Very happy with this result.

Nothing really. I pushed hard off the line, but that was because the first few miles had a lot of big downhills and that seemed like a good time to push the pace. From there on I ran appropriately hard, with enough left in the tank to pass about 5 people in the last mile (all of whom passed me earlier). My only regret is not getting the training done for the marathon, which would have been an easy BQ.

Walked around and waited on the buses to come get us.


Training. Basically did little or nothing in October, which couldn't have helped the overall performance.


I really liked this race. I thought the scenery was nice (overlooking the desert and North Tucson mountains), climate is perfect for a December race, the course was fast and easy, the Hilton where we stayed is nice and the race shuttles picked up from here, and it was just an easy, well organized and convenient event. I will be back here to run my BQ.