I drove down from Green Bay and spent the night in Oshkosh to cut the drive in half.
This was my chance to win. The course was green grass trail, like running on the lawn. I wasn't ready for this type of course.
There were 88 people in 5k, 10k and half, of which there were only 40 in half. Standing at the entrance to the trail (which was about 5' wide), I could tell that there was not much competition. Basically it was me and one other guy. I went out too fast (6:15) and then passed that guy,then held on till mile 11.5. He never stopped for water and I did at mile 4.5, 6,5, 8.5. My left leg was tingling from mile 4 and on, like it was asleep. At 11.5, I just couldn't take it anymore. The guy picked it up and I just couldn't hold on. I fell to a 7:43 split, trying to shake it out. I did finish strong.
I really need to figure out what happened to my leg. I wanted to go on but I was afraid that with the trail it would land awkwardly and it would give out. It was a good time, but disappointing that I couldn't hold the lead.