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Cake day: November 13th, 2023

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  • Corollary: Nobody (other than your coach/trainer/whatever) wants to hear more than a 15 second race report.

    Good: Yeah, it was great. Little hotter than expected so I ended up short of my goal time.

    Bad: At the start, I was worried about the heat, so with one minute before the gun, I shed my long sleeve layer in favor of a singlet - but then I started immediately getting cold. Anyway, some local band performed the national anthem, and we set off right at 8 am under clear skies, with a little humidity. My buddy Chaz was with me because I knew he was going to pace me for the first half, but he hadn’t slept well, so …

    At mile 11, I had the uncontrollable urge to take a poop…