26:19

update: race-clock time - 26:23

pace: 8:10, 8:23, 8:56 (0.1=49.44)

a smart person would've stayed away from the liquor and fried foods the night before the race. a smart person would've realized that the pace for the first mile was entirely too fast for someone who hasn't done a lick of speedwork for weeks. a smart person would've stuck with the plan of just having fun.

i never claimed to be a smart person.

i hit mile one and decided that i would try to keep up my silly pace for the next mile and then pull up for the third. i hate running that way. negative splits are always so much more fun.

this was the first race ever where i didn't have a kick at the end...and that sucked a lot.

however, what didn't suck was that sb and eb both came to cheer on mb and me. it was really great having them there. i didn't have a whole lot of fun during the race, but i did after.

the race wasn't chip-timed, so i'm going to go with my watch time as the official time. we'll see what the race clock time was tomorrow.

tomorrow: rest day