Had a good time again at this race. Ran into Smooth, Teena, and Rad at the start. And ran with MrsFit and Liz our friend. They started further back. I am sure my first mile would of been alot faster also if I could of gotten closer to the starting line today. Start back about 10-15 yds back. My goal was to PR on this race with running a 6:40-45. From my watch I did it. And hit my goal by my garmin. But had to run another .10 to finish the race. I actually hit the lap button right at 6.20 and it was 42:00. And kicked it up to sprint in to the finish. This one was a bit harder to remember much about it. Ran it solo remember catching up to Smooth in the first mile. And catching up to Teena at in the 2nd. Felt pretty good at this parts. Didn't go out as fast this year with a sub 6 in the first mile. But tried to hold the 6:45 for most of the race till it got flat. And when it started to hit about a mile away from the finish I started to slow down. Kept trying to relax and it was working but pace was slowing still. Was excited for say to see my family and kids 2 blocks from the finish which gave me a bit more energy. And sprinted hard to the end. Just didnt hold mile 6 like I would of liked. So was happy with hitting my split for avg pace on my Garmin(6.3 and 6:45) But it didn't come out to that offically with a 42:30 6:51. After the race I saw most everyone come in for the 10k. Slick was there to cheer me in. And talked to him briefly. And Teena came in shortly after me. It was great to see everyone. After waiting for the wife and Liz. We checked the official times and headed back to my family to wait for the marathoners to come in. To our dismay the marathon wasnt going to come up the parade route and so we missed it completely. But was able to find Mike Warren after his race and congratz him for a job well done. So here are the splits for my race. Mile 1 6:27 Mile 2 6:22 Mile 3 6:54 Mile 4 6:46 Mile 5 6:41 Mile 6 7:16 Ouch this one cost me alot Mile 6.2 42:00 (6:45 pace) Mile 6.3 42:30 Finish time Still have alot of room to improve at this distance. And it is a 45 or so sec PR so I will take it.:) I should start paying more attention to how far ahead my watch is getting next time to the mile markers. So I could of picked it up more. Argh!! Its all good.:)
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