6.214 miles, 46:49, 7:33 avg
12:15 am, shortly after the Midnight run 5k was the 10k. I was feeling pretty done after the 5k so thought I would just "jog out" the 10k. As I recovered more I did at least set a couple of goals. 1. Try to get to and stick to a sub 8:00 pace, and 2. run a negative split. Andy thought the 8:00 pace sounded good and said he'd run with me. We started out together, got separated and then met back up. But, the crowd was pretty thick and we were soon separated again. About 3/4 th into the mile my shoe lace was flapping so I stopped. A lot of people ran by me and I looked out for Andy but did not see him. Got going again and finished the mile about 8:16.
I felt pretty good and kept going at my post shoelace pick up pace.
Next miles were: 7:23, 7:19, 7:16, 7:23, 7:23 and last 0.2 @ 6:39
The causeway ends about 2.5 miles out as the road heads into Honeymoon Island state park. The causeway was fairly dark but there is some light from buildings, traffic lights and such. But, once inside the park it was pretty dark. This year they had each side of the road and the center of the road lined with glow sticks.
As I headed out of the park and back on the causeway I saw Jamie (I'm not sure how she recognized me, I could barely recognize anyone). As she headed into the park she saw Andy and they ended up running back together (except for the end where he sprinted the last bit).
I felt good and passed a lot of people. Not really the time I'd normally be happy with for a 10k but for a 10k I decided to just "jog out" it was pretty good - more of a marathon pace run, after running a 5k, at midnight, in heat and humidity.
For the 5k, Andy's age group was pretty competitive so his place was 7th. However, for the 10k there were only two people. So, he ended up with a nice age group award, and even though he was 2 out of 2 he certainly earned it!
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