Hello all! Lots to catch up on the past few days and the upcoming few days. First started with the Rothman Institute 8k in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday. After a 120 mile week last week, and 101 miles I ended up with this week, I was far from “tapered” for this race but thought I could compete well in the race regardless. My legs didn’t feel bad and I was ready after warming up. The race has been won within a second of 24:17 the past three years and I expected something similar this year. Wrong! The race went out very fast. It was slightly downhill the first (slightly less) than 1/2 mile and then slightly uphill the next (slightly more) than 1/2 mile so the first mile was a little uphill. The first mile split for me was 4:43 and I was at least 15s back of the top 3 and 10s back of the top 5. I know my first half mile was significantly faster than the 2nd, so I bet my first half mile was around 2:15.