I was able to keep up with @elightbo for the first six miles. I had a blast despite the terrible weather. I think that Eric ran ahead of me because I was too chatty, leaping over traffic cones, aiming for puddles, etc. The second half of the race was me running alone, but with music. I am an annoying slOb when I run, singing unintelligibly, breathing loud, grunting and growling jumping over stuff. I could not have run another 100 feet, but I really exceeded my goal of 8:30, finishing 13 miles in 1:48, a pace of 8:15 on my first race ever. Almost died of hypothermia afterward trying to hunt Eric down at the finish.