Close, but no cigar

So it was not to be.... 3:03:40...... and it finished pretty ugly.  At 10k I was on 2:57 pace, at the half 2:58, and at 30k 2:59.  Then about 33-34k (~21 miles) the wheels came off and I lost 3 minutes in the last 5 miles.  

It got pretty warm towards the end and a lot of people were struggling, but I kept on running, and managed to drag it in 7:30-7:40 pace..... legs refused to speedup.  Only 76 made it under 3 (vs 130 last year), the winner did 2:13+ vs 2:10 last year, so it wasn't just me.

My time was good enough for 96th overall, out of 4,000+, which I was happy with as I didn't expect to make top 100. (that time would have been 156 last year)

Overall I am pretty happy with how it turned out - it was almost a 3 minute PR - would have been nice to go sub 3, but there you go.   Now I have to go and run sub 3 in Chicago in October, which if it is hot, will suck.

I'll post some more details later when I am capable of doing math.