Left my bike at Liberty, found a good parking spot and had a good warm-up and stretch. Asked Seth how the Olympic Trials were, he said he'd had a bad race. Was about 15 yards from the starting line, lost maybe 30 seconds. Felt pretty good, can't believe how many slower runners will get toward the start. After about a mile I passed Karla, then on the 3-4 mile flat (N temple? ) I was tucked in behind three red-uniformed girls and was prepared to coast until the last couple miles but Karla passed us so I went with her. I stayed pretty attached to her and just tried to push the last few miles, passed Doug and some others, had a pretty good kick but passed by a young Oriental guy from Texas. Congradulated him afterwards.
Walked from finish looking from Rylee, but didn't see her, ended up running back about a mile, then biked watching marathon finishers. Talked to Sasha, got a look from Seth, cheered Bill, biked alongside BK the last 2 miles. He was rolled by a guy behind from 70 yards out to 20, he thought he was going to get caught but he pulled through like a champion, put it to 40 yards by the finish.
Nate was 16th in a new PR, only beaten by Div 1 college class runners and above, what's that on the scale, a 6?
10 - World record holder; 9 - Olympian; 8 - Professional runner; 7 - National class; 6 - State class - college runner; 5 - HS runner/Gifted amateur; 4 - Serious runner; 3 - Recreational runner; 2 - Jogger; 1 - Walker | 