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Great Father's Day 5k

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Location:

St. Petersburg,FL,

Member Since:

Dec 30, 2014

Gender:

Male

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Other

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 3/8/14 - Armadillo Run - 15:58
10k - 2/7/15 - BDR, Safety Harbor - 33:17
15k - 2/21/15 - Gasparilla - 51:05
1/2 - 12/14/14 - Holiday Halfathon - 1:13:31
Marathon - 10/04/15 - Twin Cities - 2:38:46

Short-Term Running Goals:

2016 Races

Clearwater Halfathon - Jan 11
Donna Hicken Marathon - Feb 14
Gasparilla 15k - Feb 20
Florida Beach Halfathon - Mar 6
??? Chicago Marathon ???

Long-Term Running Goals:

Find balance. Run with my girls. Break 15 in the 5k.

Personal:

Born in 1973 in Southern California.

Ran in high school for Arcadia. They have a famous cross-country team now. In my day, we were famous for dodging our coach during runs.

Over the next 15 years I ran very little, but life was awesome. I lived mostly in Northern California, where I met my wife. We moved back to her native state of Florida in 2005, where I gradually started running more seriously.

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Sun, Jun 21, 2015

Race: Great Father's Day 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:16:29, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	3.00	0.00	7.00

I'm going to bullet point this one. Sorry for the unattractive presentation, but I'm eager to press the reset button on and get on with Father's Day.

I was surprised (and mostly happy) to see Jon Noland at the start. He is a Masters runner who thumped me in a 10k last Feb. As I warmed up, I told myself I am in better shape now, and I could take him.
He joined me for a warmup mile. We compared notes- he was a little stiff after running a 4:26 mile on the track last night. He is preparing for Masters Nationals in Jacksonville in a month. The realization washed over me that he is a signficantly better runner than me.
I need to make time to run with him in the future.
No excuses day. Hot and humid, sure, but the course was shaded and the humidity was if anything better than most of the week. I was well-rested, nothing hurt.
Planned to run 5:10-5:15 for the first mile. Came in around 5:12.
Jon and a college guy were about 6 seconds ahead. Instead of digging in, I just let go. 5:20 second mile, 5:25 3rd mile. Got the college kid in the second mile as he was dying off.

Sick of bullets. Today was an underperformance, plain and simple. Wasn't a disaster. It was flat and sluggish. It's been a couple months since I raced, and it felt like it today. I ended the race far too fresh, and mentally was lacking.

This happens though. My focus has been overwhelming on endurance. It may not be healthy, but I'm going to think of this as a workout of 3 miles @ 5:19 pace rather than a 16:30 5k.

Still, I feel like I should have run closer to 16:15. It's never good to check out like that in a race.

I'm pretty over it already. My girls were out there cheering, which is always great. And we get to spend the rest of the day goofing off.

Comments

From JHatfield on Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 17:50:29 from 68.12.232.113

Nice race Drew! We all are our worst critics. I went through the same scenario as you in a 10k yesterday. I felt like l was way off but considering the conditions along with a tough hilly course I faired pretty good. 2nd place oa & I got a $100 bill for it. So, it wasn't a complete disaster after all. Summer months are very tough to train in much less race. Hang in there & keep up the hard work. It will pay big dividends come marathon time!

From Bret on Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 12:45:26 from 216.234.133.229

2nd place in 16:29 in June in Florida ain't too shabby, Mr. Drew. Hard to say your pace fell off that much - less than 8 seconds in the first mile and only 5 seconds from 2 to 3.

Keep good perspective - this is a solid effort in the summertime and your goal is a strong marathon in the fall. You are in a good place.

From Drew on Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 13:58:55 from 173.171.218.92

Thanks for the positive comments guys.

J- congrats on your race. I received some kind of foot pod tracker thing, I think you got the better deal. :)

Bret- you're right, as usual. It is fine in the big picture. I just wish I executed a little better.

From jtshad on Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 08:27:25 from 141.221.191.225

This is a great race, old guy or not. Your speed is very impressive!

From Drew on Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 08:37:55 from 173.171.218.92

Thanks Jeff. A lot of good came out of the race, but right afterwards I was discouraged - partly because of the time but more because of how I got there.

If I was maxed out and I gave it my all, that would be one thing. Instead it felt more like a half-baked workout.

That can happen though - I find I need to relearn how to race when I've been off competing for a few months. I'm going to jump into a 3200 on Saturday - I'm not in peak form for that distance now, but I think mentally I'll be better than this 5k. And getting into that zone makes marathon pace seem a whole lot more manageable.

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