CF WORKS!!

Well if there was ever a doubt about if CF/CFE works or not..I can just put that thought to bed. I am always a skeptic when it comes to most things, especially training. I need to expiernence something myself before I am bought in. This past turkey day morning wife and I did Autumnfest 8K. By looking at the reslults from last year i wanted to finish somewhere in 100-150 the place. The numbers around these spots were 8 min or so pace per mile. I usually fall right in these times.
I put myself up in the front of the 800 or so crowd so I could stay out of all the people. At the first mile I realize I am running with a bunch of "real runners" come thru there at 6:00 min mile. I thought not good..not good..I am going to die if I keep this up for the entite race. So, I decided to pull back a lil and settle into a good pace. Mile 2 12:50, OK..that feels a lil better. Mile 3 19:21...OK..not bad..but damn it..now I'm in a group again..the pace actually settled down a lil. I knew they were holding out for the final kick. So, I feel into a good hard pace. At the bridge i decided if nobody went I was going to attack and see what I had left in the tank. I kept thinking 1 more mile...whats 6-7 mins anyway..your gonna hurt might as well hurt a lil more. I knew from all the CF WODS and CFE intervals, I could handle a lil more pain..At the bridge I cranked it up a few knotches, after about 30 seceonds I looked behind me and POOF...I'm gone! They did not go with me, so I pressed hard all the way to the finish and to my surprise the finishing clock read 32:33. HOLY S%#$!!!! That cant be right..I look at my watch and my watch says 32:33 as well. I ended up averaging a 6:30 pace for the 5 miles. I finished 39th out of 800 plus runners. This time may not be impressive for some 5'8 140lb runner, but its pretty freakin good for a 6'2 208lb mountain biker who only trained running thru CF and CFE. I was blown away at this performance. I was not the only one to PR this run that CF's, J fish PR'd by about 5 mins and has not ran a step other than CF.
Wifey ran the 5 miles in around 47 mins, she did awesome!! She said she could have kept that pace for another hour or so. Marathon in her future???? We will have to see...