Race Report

I was in such a hurry to post a bunch of thoughts and noise that I did not give a race report, so her it goes.

I woke up at 5 and ate 600 calories w coffee. The race started at 8, but it was enough food to hold me over, I did continue to take in fluid. I met Dan at 6 in Irving at a Starbucks and he drove us to the race start at White Rock Lake. We were there way to early but it was nice to see and visit with folks who I have not seen in a while.

The race started and as usual it was slow going. Dan and I ran together for about 1 mile but we had different motives, his was a training day and as per Jim today I was going for it. I settled in at a nice sub 8 min pace and cruised along. For some strange reason I kept finding myself running behind pretty girls, I hope Christie does not read this. I really did not have a plan for the hills, so when I approached the first one I decided I would attack them smartly and let my HR recover on the downside. This worked great especially with my new found Chi running approach to hills. The only hiccup to mention was taking a gel at mile 10 without making sure there would be an aid station, there wasn't. I had to Wait another mile to take in fluid, but it worked out.

It was a fun day, I am curious to see how the next half goes in December.

C yah.