Sun 9/13 - AM 75 minutes incl. 6m "race" in 37:10

Ugly, ugly effort, and not at all representative of whatever modest fitness I have at the moment. Leg stiff and sore from the get-go, flat, tired, the whole thing went poorly right from the start. Painful every single step of the way. Ran the first 2 miles at 5:50 pace, which was embarassing in itself and demoralizing because I knew it wasn't sustainable. Fell off from there, then the hills started in earnest. 3+ miles of get it over with mode stuck in no-man's land. Even within the context of diminished expectations thanks to the neverending leg problems, this was an unpleasant surprise. Based on recent results and the relatively favorable conditions--warm, not as humid as this event last year--I thought a time in the 34-35 minute range was doable. In hindsight it wouldn't have been enough to hold onto the lead anyway. Not much consolation for how crappy I felt from start to finish. Oblique started twinging quite early on, sore the rest of the day. The one semi-positive to come out of this is that the pelvic area didn't tighten up on me afterwards the way it did following the Magnolia race. But that's probably simply due to not being able to run fast enough to incur that kind of damage.