Nice day for running, cool but a bit windy. At last the wind was rarely right in our face, more often than not it was helping. The first 6 K were into it but that's when you're strongest. Nice course I guess but I didn't look at the fancy houses much, a little focused on the road today. Nobody has mentioned the hill at 10-11 K, it was as much or more than I expected. I lost a solid 30 seconds there, 5:05 vs 4:35 average pace. Yes there was even more downhill. My pacing was solid, I do think I ran a smart race. I was thinking at around 17 K that it was going pretty well, then turning along the lakeshore it got tougher to hold the pace. For the most part I did, but the 20th split was the only one over 4:40, other than "the hill". Graph to follow. The finish sure seemed to go on forever, it was only here that I knew that I had emptied the tank. Anyways the final was 1:37:14.8, or a 6 second PB. Very happy with that. Like dgrant the PB was on an uncertified course that measured 21 K flat on my Garmin; today it said 21.25 which is average for a certified course. Also that was almost 2 years ago; my only half last year (on that same course) I couldn't quite break 1:40. Also, my half time has always been my best according to all prediction charts. 17th out of 212 in my age group, 291 out of 4400 total. My half splits were crazy, like 48:36/48:39.
Great seeing the gang old and new after the race. Lots of PB stories to share. Absolutely heartwarming to see Lightning BQ, she surely earned it. Thanks to the jsmittys for the ride back to the start. Good racing!
That's like amazing!! 
You deserved it and it was so great to see you finish so strongly.
