Tried to keep up with super-fast-Eddie. Even with his bad ankle, I could barely catch him downhill, and he'd slowly pull away uphill... Last sight of him at ~42 minutes in, as we were going in and out of H. I then bobbled F so didn't see him even the good visibility of the FED hillside.
Amazed by how much uphill there was. And then the downhill was too steep to enjoy :( I was thinking I'd have reversed the loop, were I could setting, so the horrible hill would be done up front, and then there'd be a lot more enjoyable downhillish stuff after that?
Anyway, back to the race, didn't see Eddie again until the map exchanged, where he'd stopped at the end of the Short Stumble to avoid further ankle damage, and I continued on.
I ran out of gas a bunch - probably in part not fully recovered from the past two days of long runs, and in part due to Eddie-chasing. I think I'll aim for ~89-90 minutes in my half marathon next week, as it would really suck to aim for 84-86, and then fade hard after 30-60 minutes - see my HR plot here for a good example of fading...
http://www.furlong47.com/svo/results/2012/111112.h...