Fun, slightly disappointing, rewarding race! Extremely hilly course! Goal was to go sub 20, which I was confident I would get. Was comfortably ahead of pace, but knew I was in trouble at the 2 mile mark when my Garmin read 2.1! I was still fine on pace, but pushing hard & more hills were ahead! At 2.5 mile mark, hit the wall ... if that is the right term & possible in a 5k! I slowed to a jog as I was spent, then kicked it back in again with about 0.2 to go. Finished in 20:36 ... according to Garmin I covered 3.2 with an avg pace of 6:22 ... a 6:26 is required for a sub 20. Regardless ... this was a PR by 31 seconds on a really tough course ... and I did win 1st in Age group & got a couple free pints at SweetWater 420 at finish ... with a live musical festival to boot! I am confident I will break 20 on my next 5k race, and my goal is now sub 19. Best part of day was my 13 year old son joined me for his first race ... he finished in 26:30 ... which is pretty good considering he has never run that distance or trained ... although he is a soccer player. Great news is he enjoyed it ... and wants to sign him up for another one. Maybe with a little persuasion, I might be able to get him to join me on some training runs! he lives with his mom, otherwise that would be a no brainer ... but the fact he enjoyed the experience is a good step in the right direction!
Garmin Splits: Mile 1: 5:59, 2: 6:14, 3: 6:57, 0.23: 6:07 pace | 