OK, geek alert. We ran our 5k's today, and because we have done these many times, I like to compare times from previous years and months. So here's the lowdown:
Today, these were my times: 25:45; 23:44; 24:09; 24:58
Now, the good news is that these times were an improvement over how I ran them on August 6. The times then were: 26:55; 24:29; 24:54; 25:42.
So I should be happy that in about a month I have gotten a little faster, it seems. Plus, I felt much more relaxed today than I did last time, so I feel better about that aspect of the run also.
However, in September 2007, when I ultimately ran 3:35 at the SGM, these were my times: 24:58; 23:49; 23:27; 23:09. So as you can all see I was better two years ago. So that probably says I won't be running 3:35 or faster this year.
In September 2008, when I ultimately ran 4:01 at the SGM, these were my times: 26:15; 24:54; 25:49; 24:28. So as you can see, I was slower then compared to today on all except the last one. What does that mean? I don't know yet, we'll see after SGM.
Another interesting thing: I've usually been able to negative split, meaning I get faster on each 5K, which you can see I did in 2007 and kind of did in 2008 (at least my last one was my fastest). The two times we've done them recently, my last has not been my fastest. The second has been the fastest both times, then the 3rd was next fastest, and my last was my 3rd slowest. What does that mean? Why am I getting slower as we go along instead of faster, which I used to be able to do? Is it an endurance issue? Any of you (maybe I should say either of you) have ideas? We'll see how it all plays out in exactly a month, when we run the big marathon.
Thanks to anyone who plowed thru this entry, probably interesting only to me.
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