Not sure how I pulled off a huge PR for this race and a 4th place in my age group.
I went on a whirl wind 3 day trip to Chicago for a training with the Hope Street Group, a non-profit organization with which I am currently on a year-long fellowship. Our trip to Chicago was 14 hours long and after arriving it was non-stop craziness of learning sightseeing and having fun with my new friends. The flight back home took 10 hours and I arrived back home Saturday evening at 9:00 pm. I had to run for the streak and get things ready and didn't fall asleep til 11. Lucky thing for me the race started a little later than normal Hawaii races (6:00 am).
I had no expectations for the race and in fact was just hopeful that I would somehow be able to finish the race. When the horn went off I took off with the rest of the runners at the front of the start and realized that I was running an 8 minute mile and felt okay. I knew I wasn't going to be able to feel ok running that pace for the whole race so I eased off a bit and checked myself.
I was able to run the first 6 miles pretty easily at a sub 9 pace but my hips started to tighten up after that and so I eased up on the run. Still I was able to keep a old 9:00 pace for the rest of the race and finished strong passing many runners at the end to finish 4th in my age group with a 1:51. Last year I ran it in a 2:01.
At the moment I am trying NOT to think of what my time would have been if I hadn't went on the trip and if I actually "raced" the race. :)
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