New Haven Road Race 2007

Today was the New Haven Road Race - a Labor day 20 K run. I finished in 1 hour 39 minutes and 1 second, for an 7:57 min/mile pace. I ran a pretty good race, but really died after mile 9. The last 3 miles were very difficult. Here is the pace by mile:
8:18, 7:39, 7:47, 7:31, 7:38, 7:46, 7:33, 7:41, 7:57, 8:17, 8:17, 8:25 and 8:06 (for the last 0.5 miles). If I do the Niantic Bay 1/2, I'll have to do a few more 13+ long runs.

The race itself was impressive: almost 3000 runners, water stations galore, and great weather - although how much easier this would have been if one day earlier - since yesterday was chilly. The mens overall winner (and USA 20 K champ) was Dan Browne, while the first woman was Alicia Shay.

I prepped for the race with 3 straight days of swim/runs (Tues/Wed/Thur).