AM: CR series 5k at new church close to the house. ~5mi. jog over to race with some strides. Cold moring - 20 degrees, but, sunny. Flat course through some familiar neighborhoods. In the first half mile a younger legit looking guy shoots out to a 30-40 second lead. As he and another more well known fast starter come to me, I realize that the same thing has happened as most of the other series races. I blow them at mile 1 and hear footsteps quickly fade. None of the real legit guys have made it out this mroning, so I am solo the rest of the way. With current fintess, this was a great effort for me. I calculate I am about 10 lbs over weight and have not had a great deal of mileage recently. Splits - 5:52, 5:38, 5:45 and a decent kick at about 5:20 pace for the partial. 17:53 5k is encouraging right now. Slow jog home as it warms up outside.
PM: Another series race - double day today. Run slightly farther over across town - about 10k, with some strides. Pretty sore and tired legs to start. The start is very similar to this morning, but, with different people. One guy is 20-30sec. ahead by half mile, and he has come back by 1.5 miles. I'm not as strong going by as morning race and he hangs around for a little bit. Interesting course with a double loop around a baseball park and highschool football field. We are forced on to a last minute alternate route as a construction job has decided to break ground on the previous route 3 days previous to race - running through grass and lots of tight turns, but, well manned with volunteers and support.
Solid effort, but, very sore and fatigued - 6:03, 5:50, 5:56, 6:06 pace for the partial :) Yikes - I am pretty tired. 5k #2 - 18:48. Hang around and chat with some folks and jog very slowly home. Big mileage day - now, time for some basketball. Go Cats!!!
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