I won the free entry at Jones’ lecture. Thank you, Trishop.
_goal
Stay with 1:40:00 pacers.
_race
I ran behind Kevin and Rachel between 7:15 and 8:00 pace. My legs kept up but felt uncomfortable for 4 miles. The body found the rhythm half way into the race. Runners around me started to drop. It’s been 2 years since I ran at this intensity.
I wondered how much I had left at mile 10. Rachel encouraged me to go. My sub-7:00 attempt lasted for 1k but managed to stay in front of the 1:40 pacers.
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Garmin 630
Distance: 13.14 mi
Time: 1:38:15
Pace: 7:29
HR: 157/185 bpm
Official
Distance: 13.1 mi
Time: 1:37:50
Pace: 40th
_drama
The result appeared on the website Monday morning. I was minutes behind the pacer. My chip failed to trigger both timing mats at the start. I messaged the Garmin data to organizer, who adjusted my time to 1:38:00. This moved my placement from 74th to 40th. I won an age group trophy. My time was changed to 1:37:50 days later based on photo evidence.
Trophy arrived in mail 2 months later.
