Well, the start of the 2009 racing season, was decent for me. I didn't figure I was in very good shape and I was concerned about racing a half marathon, so I opted for the 5K like I did last year. My hope was to break 19 and finish better than 8th which I placed last year. Last year I ran 18:48, and I figured this year would be around that time if not a little slower, due to the extra weight gain over the last few months. I did a 2 mile warm-up with Austin, Dave, James, and Hayden. I stood around and watched the half start, and then got ready for the 5k start. I saw an old Rick teammate at the start Melody (Shepard) Jensen, so that was fun to talk to her. The race started out fast like 5k's do. However, it was pretty clear from the start that Austin was going to win. 1-5:43 After the first mile I was in 4th place. Austin, John?, and Lindsey were ahead, but shortly after the first mile I passed John and Lindsey. 2-5:58 (11:41) Lindsey stayed right with me, through this mile. Last year I really struggled on the second mile, but this year was better 3-5:55 (17:37) Good mile on the trail, just focused on maintaining pace and put a small gap on Lindsey .1-34 (18:11) 5:52 average
Chip time had 18:09, 2nd place overall, 1st age division
Overall pleased with the race and a positive step in the process of getting back into shape. After the race I ran 7.5 miles out on the half marathon course. I got out to Bloomington and saw the leaders coming back, then I saw Marcie J, so I went and ran with her, it was nice to get in the extra miles, plus it made the race go by faster for her. This was a pretty good week. My mileage was close to my goal of 40 for the week. I felt pretty good about the hill repeats on Monday, and felt even better about the race today. Next week I plan on doing some 1000 repeats.
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