Rebecca and I got up at 5:15 to make sure we wouldn't have to deal with traffic and parking at the race. They were saying it was going to be crazy with over 30,000 people. Well it wasn't that bad. We paid 10 for parking and walked to the event. Unfortunately there was no bag drop but we left our stuff with some nice volunteer ladies. We got a mile warm up and then went to the starting line. I was pretty pumped when we started. There were quite a few people. A lot of people went out way fast! I was surprised. I tried to stay relaxed and hang back for the first mile. After that I started moving up until I was in 3rd. I saw the first place guy up ahead who was moving pretty fast so I tried to pick it up. Between mile 3 and 4 I knew I wasn't going to be able to catch him. He just kept pulling away. He ran very well. I felt pretty alone the whole race. Later I found out that 3rd place was only about 30 seconds behind me. There were some bands along the way and some cheer groups and what not. It was pretty fun. Definitely a good course and I was very happy with my time considering I haven't done any speed work for months and I've been lucky to get 15 miles during the week. Rebecca did great with a PR! It was a really good course and a good day. Glad we decided to do it! On a side note, my watch actually clocked 6.29 miles and showed an AP of 6:00. That pace would actually put my race time at 37:17. It's still almost a minute slower than my PR but it's not bad. Splits: 6:07, 5:59, 5:59, 6:00, 6:05, 6:02, 1:36 5k Splits: 18:57, 18:51
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