Hot Chocolate 15k 2017
Better late than never. I haven't blogged for a while so while this might be the longest I've waited to post a race report, I guess getting restarted with my blogging makes it better late than never. This was the 4th year in a row that I've done this race. There were a few changes to the race this year, the one that I noticed most, was that the first leg of the race was out and back and I seem to remember that part not being out and back. My running had not been very consistent so I started with the 10:30 mpm pacer and said if I was feeling good I would pick up the pace later in the race. According to my data we were almost 30 sec fast the first mile, but then settled into about 10:20 miles. I was feeling pretty good so I started picking up the pace at 8 miles (9:58) and a bit more at 9 (8:42) and managed to pick it up a bit more for the last third of a mile (8:21) feeling pretty good. I guess my training has been better than I thought and I need to start bei...