16:02 6th Place: I'm disappointed with this result. I was expecting a PR and really thought I could push 15:30. Everything before the race was fine. I kind of got Father's Day treatment on Mother's Day because my Mom came to our house at 4 am to watch the kids and my wife got up at 3:30 to come with me. Originally she planned on this race but she got hurt and I kept it on the schedule. I'm a lucky guy! Anyway I got in a decent warm up and strides and all of that good stuff. It was warm for racing (75) and a little windy but the course ran on a square so it equalled itself out. There was plenty of competition and I definitely competed but it just wasn't my day. I went out in 5:04 for the first mile which was slightly uphill and into the wind. I was fine with that pace because that would theoretically be the toughest mile. Unfortunately things only got worse from there. I stuck to a couple of guys ahead of me but the pace dropped to 5:09 for the second mile and I was definitely struggling to hang in there. Between 1.5 and 2.5 miles the course was slightly down and I had the wind at my back for most of it. Too bad it didn't help! Towards the end my legs felt like lead and when I normally have a kick I felt like just getting to the finish line was the best I could do. I'm not sure what went wrong. I competed well but it just wasn't there. It was a little warm and windy but not too bad. My best races have come in ideal conditions so I guess it shows that sometimes you need everything to come together to have those special days. Not what I was hoping for but when you give an honest effort there's not much else you can ask for. | 