After my warm up I wasn't sure how I would feel. I think the pre race coffee was a bad idea. I wanted to run 17, 17 and then possibly negative split the last 5k. I was on target after the first 5k but I started fading a bit at the half way point. At that point I was caught by Jamal (17 year old runner from Cyprus High) but I was only able to stick with him for a half mile. I think the middle 5k was more like 18 and then I might have finished in 17. Ok race given that I didn't feel great. Last year I felt amazing and I was only 20 seconds faster. This tells me that I am improving. I will check my splits later.
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