road run warm up/down 15:00 [3] 2.2 km (6:49 / km)
slept:4.0 weight:155lbs shoes: Puma - Narabota XC Brown
Super hot day in Boston ~ 85F
◪ warm up/down (Red Day 1 CSU) 1:03:29 [5] ***** 8.0 mi (7:56 / mi) +220m 7:19 / mi
spiked:12/22c shoes: Puma - Narabota XC Brown
I did not have a feel for the map today - must be acclimatization to heat - I was running much faster that my navigation and it resulted in huge time loss: 20sec on 1, 1 min on 2 (30m leg), 3.5 min on 3, 20sec on 4, 40 sec on 6, 10 sec on 7, 2.5 min on 10, 2 min on 11, 20 sec on 12, ( now running with Andy Hall), 1.5 min on 18 - bad rout, 15 sec on last control. I will take this bad race on this day. Enjoyed watching and announcing Middle finals for M/F 21 after that. Great idea, needed better venue.