Started off around a 7:40 pace chatting with some friends for the first mile or so, Met another person doing the relay who was hoping to run under 1:40 and continued to chat with him while I picked up the pace. The pace steadily increased until about mile 8 when I could feel my legs start to reach the edge of their training for that pace so I held things there. About mile 9 the course turned into the strong south wind and I started losing speed quickly. The course entered the Air Force Base and followed a pretty rough dirt road in the cross wind. This was rough on my legs and combined with the lack of training runs longer then about 8 miles I was slowing down. I gutted through the last couple miles and was very happy to hand the race off to Eric.

All in all this was a training run but in prep for a half marathon I definately need to get a 12 miler or two in before hand.

Ate some food and headed to the bus to the finish line. I knew I hadn't run my fastest time but I also knew based on last years results I left Eric in a good place to finish out and get us some hardware. Turns out most of the relay teams led with the stronger runner but no other team had there 2nd runner run as close a time as Eric and I did, both finishing within 20 sec or each other's times.


Great hometown race that I hope I can keep supporting.