Some pretty steady headwinds on the way out (this is an out and back course). You can tell by the mile splits which miles were the toughest. I didn't feel particularly great, especially when I hit some of the more difficult miles and saw how poor my splits were. But, I was almost 4 minutes faster than last year so it is hard to complain too much. I also haven't really run hard in over 3 weeks, so pushing an aggressive pase for 9+ miles was a little bit of a shock to the system. My biggest fans were there at the finish braving the frigid wind to see daddy drop the hammer. All in all a great day. Splits below:
1 mile-6:43
2 mile-7:01
3 mile-6:47
4 mile-7:14
5 mile-7:28
6 mile-6:40
7 mile-7:10
8 mile-6:56
9 mile-6:53
.3 mile-1:59
Total: 1:04:58/6:59
