I did the 5k today, I didn't think I was ready for the 1/2. This morning I was feeling really negative and not too excited to go run. I knew I was just being stupid and I would be glad that I did it. Drove over and had about a 1/4 of a mile warm up from where I parked. I was feeling pretty good and ready to go. ate a gue.
Start of the race was a little packed, just like a normal race, but after a minute or two I got into a good position. I was feeling really good, 6:30 pace right where I wanted to be!
1st mile 6:22 Passed a lot of people the first mile. I was a little surprised that I was feeling so good because before I was worried that I wouldn't beable to go at any race pace.
2nd mile 6:30 The turn around was in the middle of this mile (1.50). I was running with this one guy for a little bit but he dropped back before the turn around and I was alone from there. As people were coming back towards me from the turn around I saw that I was probably out of top three in my age group. I didn't worry about it and kept on pushing to keep this middle mile on pace.
3rd mile 6:16 Last mile! I was starting to feel it. I was feeling good but in pain at the same time, felt really good if you know what I mean. Kicked it into the finish to end a great race.
This was a great race. The weather was good, fun to be with everyone and see people from the blog, and I am happy about how I did. Last year my time was 19:58, 7th overall and 3rd in my age group. I wasn't totally prepared and trained for the race but still did good.
Runner Card Results 19:31.9 Total 6:17 min/mi
This has been a hard blog entry. I started my report but coudn't finish because I kept getting interupted. After all that I lost half my entry when the power went out. So now I hope I can hit that Submit Entry button before anything else happens.
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