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they changed the course last minute to include a u-turn, because of the weather. So I think that's why it ended up a little long. It was certified prior, but weather was wrecked today (rain/lightning all day etc). Was fine for the race, but they made the decision to change the course. We lost some considerable time/momentum with the turnaround, would have been awesome if they didn't change the course. Was feeling pretty good.

Really not sure why I couldn't kick properly. It wasn't because of fatigue. Sometimes you just "feel beat" and can't dig deep it's odd. At the end of the race I was fine, not hunched over/gas left in the tank. It's something i've done before in races and it really bothers me. All I have to do is punch the gas and the kick will come but for some reason i'm just coasting out the "defeat". Mental shit.

Also massive props to Junior Rosa. He got there at the very last minute, and couldn't even pin his bib - had to hold it during the race. No warmup either. I thought I had him around 0.8, he pushed and I accelerated and he let up, but then he tried again and got me :D

Really glad he showed up. No other fast folks showed up. I was getting bummed out until I saw Junior running up to the start with literally less than a minute until the race. Then I got amp'd.

Also, no watch. Never once looked at it. Interesting because I ran pretty steady/solid, other than the slow down approaching the turn around. So that's pretty cool.

peace!!

Ben & Jerry's Mile Race (no watch): 2OA @ 5:06 (watch) / 5:13 (?official, lost by 0.3s?) -> Got sniped at ~0.9 mi by my dude Junior Rosa! ::: only thing i'm upset about is just not kicking properly, otherwise happy about it given the context

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Ben & Jerry's Mile Race (no watch): 2OA @ 5:06 (watch) / 5:13 (?official, lost by 0.3s?) -> Got sniped at ~0.9 mi by my dude Junior Rosa! ::: only thing i'm upset about is just not kicking properly, otherwise happy about it given the context

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