Securian Half Marathon

What a beautiful for a run...as far as Minnesota is concerned.  Woke up at 6 to get the baby-girl ready for the day...breakfast, Pepsi Max...and the drive in to the sitter.
Got to the race an hour+ early so I could register (last minute as usual), though I did sign up as 'me' and not Rusty Chevrolet :)  Threw on the trainers and ran EASY through the streets of St. Paul for 35+ minutes...and felt NO aches/pains, and had a little spring...yes, it was going to be a good day!
So here's the plan, 7:15's over and over would get the group home in 1:35...and you know how much I love a plan.
Ran into David and Barry a few minutes before the start, Stubs and Jason as well.  Let's get this party started!
Gun goes off, and away we go...downhill to start...TOO fast, slow down!  The first 2+ miles were a loop through DT St. Paul before heading down to the river...3 miles, right on track, but good-golly was it windy, HEAD wind of course!  I felt like the little engine, wanting to pull the train through the wind...
7:10-7:15's felt so easy, just one of those days.  Course was a bit more challenging than I thought, if we weren't going up, we were going down...LOVED IT!
When we got to the turn-around at 7+ miles, HUGE tailwind...NICE!  ...time to build a cushion, and the boyz were hanging TOUGH...D and B still right here...Jason and Stubs had taken off early... 6:57, 6:55, 7:03...and so on...felt amazing.  10 miles in roughly 1:11:45...still plugging away.  Mile 12 was right on track and then after a quick left, BAM a doozy of a one-block up-hill...less than a mile to go, boyz...keep rocking!
Official finish time was 1:33:43, 7:10 average, and after a short cool down, I was able to call it 18 for the morning.  Another solid run :)

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