Finished 5th overall. Not the race I should or could have had. At least 10 mins slower then what I should have put down. While it did very lightly rain the first 1-2 mileage and my last 2ish miles it was not a factor in my time. I just never got going today. That and with my knee and hamstring I hurting still was not able to push off correctly. But again biggest thing was never getting going or locked in. I did set a pace pro for 2:07 which was course record (top 3 broke it today). I can get that 2:07 on a good/normal day. Im confident in that after dirty kiln. But like dirty kiln I took hills way to easy basically walking them to save legs which I could have made up alot time if I actually attacked hills. Thats where that 10 mins off comes into play. That 10 mins isnt even taking into account if I was able run faster on the non hills parts. I did fully mentally checkout at mile 8. Fun course and great race. I want redemption already. Was top 3 till 9-10 then dropped 5th at 13.5ish. So i was there. Was only 1 minutes 20 seconds behind was got passed fron top 2. I know cause of one quick out and back and i could see them still till l got passed. Heartraye was high all race probaly cause of caffine pill I took. Amd indod feel hot and overheated most of race. Didnt drink anythkg till 6 miles in and only drank maybe 25oz total took one carb gel a hour 4 mins in. Lot of twists and turns. Not technical. My gpx file i found said only 1500 feet gain so i attacked it as such. But with it being 2200 gain that cost me and i knew was gonna be over round that 8 mile mark. Makes huge difference in shorter race..

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