What an amazing day! Sunny, chilly and windy, typical NBHM weather! Easy logistics, having got my race number yesterday and mapped out my route to the Zeiterion parking garage. Started out conservatively given my lack of training recently, and took it easy up Hathaway Road hill to make sure I didn’t blow up too early. Then I found my groove descending Rockdale, as is typical for this course. Kept splits in the 7:30’s in the second half, except for mile 13 which had County Street hill. Did ok up County but I would have liked to have done more hills in training. Strong finish on the downhill. Foot/ankle felt good running, a little sore after but I was impressed with how my body held up! Hip was a little sore for the first half mile, which I attribute to the cold/wind and waiting around for the race to start. Mentally this was exactly what I needed! It felt incredible to be running on my one year anniversary, and I spent a lot of the time talking with Dad 😇🏃🏻.