Maybe it had to do with the great marketing done by the ATC lately, but damn there were a lot more people than last year's race. The race, itself was split up into 3 waves which were grouped by predicted times. Group A was for the 25 minutes and under crowd, group B for the 30 and under crowd, and group C for the rest of the field. Talked into it by my homeboy Charley, the guy in the picture with me, we ran in group A. Charley finished in a very respectable 29:57, which is not bad considering the guy doesn't have time to train accordingly and also ran on a bum knee, but Charley is good at inspiring me, so I followed suit.
Feeling pretty good beforehand, I came quick out of the blocks and within a few hundred feet my legs started to get a little heavy. I think for the most part that was my fault for not warming up properly, but after about a mile or so I started feeling pretty good, so I began to pick up my pace as well as I could without burning myself out. I think one thing that some runners can be guilty of is not doing enough hill work, because it seems like a lot of people that I pass are on hills. Now I understand that some runners may want to take easy routes with slight incline, but a great way to building leg strength is to run on hills. Well fortunately this race featured a downhill finish so I hit my kick (perhaps a little sooner than I should have) and finished pretty strong albeit a little out of gas towards the end.
So I finished in 25:02 officially, 17 seconds slower than last year, but I was at least able to enjoy the race and be satisfied with my performance. Well on to the next race, Spring Has Sprung 8k/15k and I'm a little unsure as to which race to run, but I am kind of leaning towards the 15k to get prepared for the Georgia Half Marathon next month. Well happy running and thanks for reading.
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