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Family reunion

September 27, 2014 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: A touch warm as the race went on

Comments:
Rolled into the farm at around 9:15, 45 minutes before the gun is probably the earliest I've arrived for the alumni meet, and also not hungover which is a rarity for alumni meets. Started the race super-relaxed, well back of Dixon and Robert. Probably one of my best 2nd mile (by relative effort compared to 1st mile, not by time) in recent memory and got ahead of those two, but consequently didn't finish super strong in the last mile, not typical for me at the farm. The forest path is definitely faster than the open path in the 2nd mile. 10th-ish overall and 3rd alum. I'm glad the undergrads put more than 7 guys ahead of me. Splits something like 5:30, 5:55, 6:00 (1.1). Barefoot cooldown backward on course w/ Robert but I was a baby and didn't want to run the first mile barefoot because that's where the yellow-jackets are (and not the Baldwin Wallace variety).

For the sake of comparison, I ran 16:40 last year when I was peaking for the rock and roll half marathon that was the following weekend. After a month off and 8 weeks of running, I'll take a 17:35 effort!