Race Report: 2009 Japan Day 4-miler - Final Thoughts

Post race thoughts always linger to the day after for me and I like to learn what I can in the hopes of getting better. Some of today's thoughts...

• I'm very happy about 3 straight PR's, but...
  
• I could have done the first mile faster with more time to warm-up
• Even with Cat Hill, I think I could have done mile 3 faster
• Try to start closer up front to mitigate traffic and weaving. Actual distance was 4.04mi yesterday, which added about 12-15 seconds to the race.
  
• Still can't figure out how I ran 6:19 pace for 3.5mi in last year's corporate challenge. Yet, I feel faster this year.
• Racing down hills to make up time will always hurt more the next day than running up hill
• Not running 10k the day before as previously planned I'm sure helped keep my legs fresh
• I'm enjoying taking time off from long runs for now