Al Gordon 4M

Raw Notes

Pre-race

• First race!
• New shoes (altra paradigm 7)
• Ubered over
• Got there a little early, it was chilly
• Streched my calves on a tree root
• I was nervous about battle pass hill
• ran with kevin

Race

• Battle pass was completely fine, the grade was gentler than I anticipated
• shins were burning from the uphill
• hit the porta-potty after the 1 mile mark
• warmed up more through the second mile
• 3rd mile was very fun, good downhill
• small side stitch on the 4th mile, but didn't think about it since we were pretty much done
• slight uphill on center drive
• good sprint to the finish

Post-race

• Got some coffee
• I was hype, excited to race more

Reflections

• Racing is fun
• It's fun to run with tons of people
• Writing this way later, the first few miles are a lie
• Probably had more to say, but I'm writing this a few months late