I planned to be pretty much right on pace from the start (4:30/k), then hammer it in for the last 10k. Things in the first 10k didn't go as planned, I started out too slow for an aggressive goal and had to start my race against the clock around 10k instead of 20k.
Start - seeded back too far, lost time crossing the line and couldn't get up to the speed I wanted that deep in the pack
5k - there's HCiD, say "Hi" and continue on my way
8k - there's Nick, say "Hi" and he lets me know I pretty far behind my goal at this point.
10k - 46:27 - 4:39 pace - Not good I'm 1:27 behind, I need to start racing now and pick up the lost time, an additional 10 seconds under my goal pace for the next 10k to catch up.
I'm not going to make this easy on myself
15k - 1:08:22 - 4:23 pace for last 5k (0:52 behind goal) BJH informs me the little blue guy (Fizz) is just ahead of me
20k - 1:30:22 - 4:24 pace for last 5k (0:22 behind goal) I've been streaming by runners since the start, the hills have started, now I need to lay it all out, there are No Limits today, I will make my goal.
25k - heading downhill picking up speed and momentum for the big hill, pass the Tiger and burn up the hill, I can see Fizz ahead of me now.
27k - the hills are over, I'm starting my push to the finish, I catch Fizz and tell him to draft off me, I didn't look back after that. My hands are completely numb, I need two hands to squeeze my water bottle to drink out of it
29k - one more K to go, NO Limits, leave it out there!! I'm checking my pace and time pretty often now. I see LoveTheHills cheering outside Copps. I'm going to do it!!
30k - the finish 2:13:58 gun, 2:13:15 chip - 4:17 pace for final 10k (1:02 ahead of goal)
I could barely accept my medal I had to get the lady to hang it over my arm, I couldn't feel my hands, and I had gloves on. So cold that they were painful, but eventually that went away. Saw my happy family at the top of the escalator, that was the real finish line for me, Kylar took his medal, I changed their diapers and life was back to normal again.
Nice to see a lot of Maniacs have great runs as well today.
That was probably the best race I've run, 3:29 negative split. I haven't even downloaded my Garmin yet, I've been peeing silver since Sunday!
I got my Silver.
