Every second counted on this one! 😮💨 Lost ~30s at the 25th Ave busier street crossing near U Village but I tried to build a buffer for that just in case. While also doing by best to stay calm and collective and no big pace surges. A few good headwinds out there, especially in the last 3ish miles. But overall a sunny, clear day. There were also several stretches of wet leaves (and heavy rain just the day before) that felt slightly slippery during push-off. I figured it’d be relatively close to lower the time set by Ben Brown - thank you for quite the challenge! My submitted time is the one from the Strava segment for Golden Gardens to Blyth Park -- it might be a couple of seconds too long but figured that might be the easiest to refer to for tracking these times and for future attempts by others.
Also good to see some familiar face fly-by’s out there including Matt Logan, Paul Young, and Andrew O'Connor. As well as some encouragement from cyclists.
Really proud of this one!
Gear/nutrition included:
- Nike Alphafly 3
- Naked running band
- HydraPak SkyFlask w/ Precision Hydration 500 tab
- 2 Precision gels (1 caffeine, 1 regular)
- Enervit gel (Citrus!)