Went with Chet to the Draper Trail this morning for our yearly 5K time trial. Warmed up with him for a mile and a half then finished stretching. It was pretty windy during the run. I have been feeling a bit off this week with cold symptoms, so I didn't know what to expect during the run, but I have been training hard the last month of so.
I guess my math was foggy so early in the morning because the course was off .08 miles. So the run turned out to be 3.18 miles for me. Chet started a minute or so before me so I could have a rabbit to chase and he could have someone chasing him.
The first mile had a fair amount of rolling hills and wind, my split was at 6:32. I hit my lap button with 1.5 left to go, so my next splits were a bit off. The next .69 averaged 6:35. I was still feeling in control here but my pace was not what I was hoping for. I tried to push the pace for the last 1.5 as I have run this stretch in the past a lot before so I knew what to expect. The next mile came in averaging 6:22, with the last .5 at 6:07.
The average pace for the run was 6:25. If I would have ended at 3.1 the time would have bee 19:54 according to the average time. I am still processing what to think about this time trial. I did negative split the course so I am happy about that, and since I ran by myself I guess I did win. I also beat my time trial last year and it was not a good week to run, so it gives me some confidence going into the year. | 