Today saw me finish my first 5K race of 2009: the Truman Run in Independence, Missouri. Check it out at www.trumanrun.org.
The course was described as "relatively flat" which apparently means "all hills will be smaller than Mt. Everest" as I swear I was either running down a hill or up a hill the entire way. I was able to keep my pace pretty strong for the first 2 miles but a majority of the last mile was an extended uphill slog where I just took it easy. Finally, the last 0.25 mile or so was a bit of a downhill straight where I could stretch out my stride and race to the finish. Woo hoo!
0.50 mi in 05:55 (11:50/mi pace) warmup 120 bpm HRavg
1.00 mi in 09:29 146 bpm HRavg, 160 bpm HRmax
1.00 mi in 10:45 151 bpm HRavg, 165 bpm HRmax
1.00 mi in 11:45 156 bpm HRavg, 171 bpm HRmax
0.10 mi in 01:01 (10:10/mi pace) 175 bpm HRavg, 179 bpm HRmax
0.50 mi in 07:13 (14:26/mi pace) cooldown 129 bpm HRavg
508 calories burned.
Location: Independence, Missouri
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