aaaaaaaa! No sub-20 today. What are the chances of running the exact time again? This is the unofficial time per my garmin but should be close. Well, I WON! Totally disappointed in my time but not disappointed in the $100 I went home with. Now, here is my bag of excuses for the time: it was pouring rain, I was soaked. I could hear the water squishing in my shoes the whole time. Here is the breakdown: Mile 1--6:47. uphill all the way. I start in the lead. I need to do more hill training. I can hear my shoes--squish squish squish, lots of mud puddles and splashing Mile 2--6:51. I get passed right at the beginning. I am determined to stay with her. I let her pull me and never let her gap me by more than 10 meters. We are on this bike path that curves and turns CONSTANTLY. I feel like I am breaking stride all the time and turning corners. Total speed killer. squish squish squish my shoes are full of water Mile 3--6:22. We veer of the bike path onto the road and I kick it into gear and pass her. I stay in gear all the way to the end. I see the 20:30's on the clock and am disappointed but I am glad I won. I squish all the way to the soggy end. what happened? I went out too slow--way too slow. I wanted to be a little more conservative at the beginning but I totally overdid it. The course was not a fast PR course but it shouldn't have killed my time that bad. At the end, alas, I felt I had WAY too much left in the tank. What have I learned? I need to know the feel of my target pace and hit it right from the beginning in a 5k, and then just push harder. I need to do some hill training. I need to keep working on my fitness. I may go to a track in a few weeks and do an all-out 5k just to see the underside of 20 if it is possible. I hope everyone did well in their races today!
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