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Afternoon Run

Got the win, that was cool. Plan was to go out and hold 5:12s-5:15s til mile ten, then close with whatever's left in the tank. As you can see from the splits, things did not go entirely to plan. 

Got out and was barely ahead of a little lead trio for the first couple miles, then got caught as we turned up the hill at mile 3. Was able to start putting on some distance using the long downhill back heading south and then my paranoia of getting ran down led me to put as much distance on as possible to leave no doubt.

First time leading and winning a race essentially wire to wire in a long time, had to remember how to keep the pressure on even when there's no one directly next to you to push. Would've loved to dip under 70 again, but I'll take today's time solo on a gently rolling kind of course.

Ended up getting a nice gift card that I immediately spent on some new shoes, so that's cool.

Special thank you to Abigail Shields and Ryan Shields for letting me stay overnight and for transportation to and from the race, Emily Akin for transportation to Milwaukee, Ashley Heidenrich for winning the women's race, aju urbanski for the videos & transportation back to Chicago, and for everyone who was in the city that I got to see. You are all the absolute best 

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Milwaukee Half 2025

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