I had a perfectly prepared warmup, then the start was delayed thirty minutes to accommodate late arrivals. Grrr.
So I chatted with longtime AR friend Pam Bower, who was waiting for the 10k start.
I had a much more restrained opening. I was good through the middle, a few people starting to fall off. I tried to reel in a couple after 2.5 but I was hurting and fading.
Then my killer instinct failed me. I closed on the
2nd place female. She turned the second to last corner...and started walking.
I yelled, "c'mon, you got this. GO!"
She gave me a whuh? look and then freaking threw down like 5:30 pace to edge me out.
I am encouraged by what this time could mean for the spring with more consistent running over the winter.
Festively bringing it home