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Officially 3rd place in 1:10:38.

Warmed up from my apartment to the start with Joey and felt pretty solid.  The weather was just about perfect (maybe could have been a little cooler) and the legs felt good.

Pack with me, Joey, Roosevelt, and eventual 2nd placer Lucas formed pretty quickly and broke away from the rest of the field.  These were the only guys I saw the whole race.  It didn't feel like we started off that fast, but there are quite a few uphills to start the race so I was trying not to push the pace too much.

Once we got to Belmont is when things started to pick up.  Roosevelt and Lucas were both pushing the pace a bit (we were running 5:10ish at this point) and I was just trying to stay connected.  Around this point, I could tell that Joey was fading and I was going to end up in the money (oh wait nvm rock n roll you only go one deep in prize money).  Around this point last year is when Roosevelt made a decent sized move and then blew up pretty hard on the 12 south hills.  Since the pace was still pretty hot, I just held on and waited to see what would happen on that stretch.  Well, what happened was I ran 5:25 and Roosevelt and Lucas gapped me.

I still didn't feel too bad, but I just get so beat up by the hills on this course.  For the next two-three miles I legitimately thought that I could still catch back up to them and was running pretty well, but after 15 minutes of keeping the same sized gap, I was starting to think that dream wasn't going to happen.  Once I turned on the Charlotte and had to do the first uphill in a while, I was done.  I kept trying to push around bicentennial, but at this point the early hills had caught up and KO'd me.

Took a peak around the 12 mile marker (they didn't do the course that was on the website ????) and saw that I was pretty much locked for third place and allowed myself to suffer mile 13 unstressed.  Honestly surprised I ran 5:38 up that hill because I thought it could have easily been much slower than that.  Finished the race and was happy it was all over.

Overall, I have mixed feelings about this race.  On the one hand, this isn't a killer time and with a semi-honest pace and good weather, I felt like I should have at least been under 70.  On the other, I feel like I'm in good shape for a 10k right now and have done very little work preparing for the longer grind that is the half.  I'm also pretty pleased about how I handled being dropped on 12 south until about charlotte.  Roosevelt and Lucas just had more today and I wasn't going to catch them, but I was still running 5:10-15 pace.  I also think this is a pretty clear sign that I need to steer clear of hilly courses for peak races.  I just don't think I'm at a point where I'm strong enough.

Couple of highlights: Good job to Jason for breaking the Vandy mold and running a decent half.  Also, good job to Garang going sub 2:30 on this course.  Good things to come.

Looking back at the season as a whole, I don't really know what to make of it.  I really do feel like I was in low 14:40s shape, but I never was really able to find a good opportunity to express myself.  At the very least, that Tom King race was a good indication that the fitness was there.

I think it was good to take a break from the marathon this season (mentally and physically), but I'm really looking forward to giving it another go this fall.  The one thing I know for sure is that the course will be FLAT.  Think I'm going to try and get the 4%s as well.  The most negative reviewer I've heard so far is Scott saying that they're just alright.  Other than that people seem to be in love with them.  I've tried and failed to get them online a few times so if you know somebody with size 11 hmu.

So that's me.  Going to take some down time now so see ya later Strava.

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