The day was cool (32 degrees at race start, 40 at the end) and cloudy. I did something new this race; I wore the race tech shirt for the race. I had on a long sleeve underarmour type shirt, so throwing the short sleeve tech shirt on didn't risk any chaffing or irritation due to being new.
My plan, which I carried out nearly perfect, was to set my pace alarms to keep me at my long run pace of 10:17. I knew that I could complete the race at that pace and would have been somewhat happy with the result. The change in pace at mile 7 was also part of the plan - "Make the 'too fast' pace alarm scream until the end."
That pace alarm was set to 9:57, and I was mostly successful in keeping it in constant alarm. You can see that each of my miles after the mid point of the race were under 10 min/mile.
Here are some interesting stats from the race: (you can look these up HERE. Bib #399)
7 mile split: 1:11:46
Pace at 7 miles: 10:16
Rank at 7 miles: 447
10 mile split: 1:41:15
Pace at 10 miles: 10:08
Rank at 10 miles: 441
Last 3.1 miles: 0:30:37
Pace for last 3.1 miles: 9:53
Rank for last 3.1 miles: 372 (meaning 372nd fastest last 3.1 miles)
Last 1.1 miles: 0:10:37
Pace for last 1.1 miles: 9:39
Rank for last 1.1 miles: 358
Net time: 2:11:52
Pace: 10:04
Place
Overall: 423/522
Males: 271/311
M45-49: 30/34
Takeaways: I beat 99 people, 4 of which were in my age group, 40 of which were guys. This was a very competitive race as it was an Indy Runners' race, so there weren't many, if any, walkers in the half. The midpoint time for my age group was around 1:45:00; that's pretty darn fast.
So, I'm very pleased with this race and am more motivated to get out there and train hard for the next 5 weeks for the 500 Festival Mini.
PS. Because I know my father-in-law will want to know: M65-69 winner's time was 1:33:21; 2nd place was 1:39:49.
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