That was 5 min faster than the last time I ran this course previously.
I was proud of myself!
That is an average of 9.39 min mile
In reality my first mile was fast, my last mile was fast and my middle miles were slower.
I was 83rd of 185 women. 249th of 414 finishers.
Whenever I felt like I was not trying hard enough, and my heart slowed down I just told myself to pick up the pace, and it seemed to work out okay:)
My time for this same race 3 years ago was 1:04, with an average 10:21 min mile.