We didn't realize there would be over 800 runners at the race. We were expecting somewhere between 100 and 200. Stephen started out the race right behind Coach Droze with the idea that following him might lead to a sub 17:00 finish. At the 1 mile mark Stephen's time was 5:17. He was right behind Coach Droze, but that is not a pace Stephen can continue for 3.1 miles. Stephen said about the 1.5 mile mark he started to gas. His second mile was around 6:08. He picked it up at the end to finish 10th overall in 17:20. Oh well, maybe next time.
Jacob ran the race in 23:32; a PR! He was at 8:08 at the mile mark and seems to have picked up speed as the race went on. He hasn't trained in over a month so we were all surprised to see him run a PR.
The weather was more windy than cold. It seemed to have an affect on Stephen but not Jacob. After the race we chowed down on Girl Scout Cookies. We took some home and froze them. I like them better frozen.
Girl Scout Cookies, mmmmmm!
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