1:12:31/8:29 pace. I really meant to take it super easy today, but when I was close to the one west mile mark running e getting ready to turn down goldenrod I saw something I have never seen out here on the dirt roads--ANOTHER RUNNER. He was running east and turned before I did. Naturally I picked it up and caught him. He looked very young, maybe 20 and I introduced myself and told him I had never seen another runner out here. He didn't have much to say so I passed him and moved along. About 1/2 mile later he comes huffing and puffing past me, gaps me, and then slows down. I am quickly reeling him in when he disappears down a driveway and I don't see him again. Check out the way he was dressed--keep in mind it is almost 60 degrees and sunny--downright hot for me. He is wearing long basketball shorts, some kind of t-shirt with a long-sleeve flannel shirt over it(unbuttoned and flapping in the breeze) and a stocking cap. I'll be surprised if I ever see him again.
Oh yeah, yesterday I signed for an all women's 5K on the 25th. There are usually well over 1,000 participants and apparently they have an awesome awards ceremony and it is a really neat event. I haven't been in a 5K since my first one ever in October which was 24:50--the first half of my 10K last week was 22:13 so I guest that would be my pr. I'll probably shoot for a 21:30? I dunno I'm thinking maybe I will experiment a little bit--try going out at a suicidal pace and see what happens? Or start conservative and then take off?
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