Firecracker 5K in Tallahasee
19th place overall, 17th male, 2nd 50-59
Weather of course was hot and humid. Nice that race was just behind hotel in Cascades Park. Found the registration area ok and opted for no t-shirt ($5 less), looking back I kind of wish I'd gotten it.
Course ran around the park twice, about a mile each loop, but on second loop there was an out and back going north. The loop in the park was mostly concrete but with homestretch on asphalt.
I felt decent at the start but did not get out of the high 6:50's but just kind of held on. Felt like I was going to slow down a lot but did not really. First mile 6:58, then 6:57 for the second mile. Slipped a little on the third mile and couldn't push it under 7:00, so 7:00 exactly for mile 3 and then kick it in at 6:07 pace for homestretch. Finish was on a slight downhill so that was nice.
My race time was almost exactly the same as last year's July 4th race in Lutz, but at that race did 6:41 for the first mile and then slowed down a lot. Still hunting that race to smash through 21:00 so I can start eyeing 20:00
They had watermelon, bananas and gatorade post race, watermelon especially nice. Did not stick around for awards so I could get back to the hotel room and then head over to the "Sweet Shop" to meet Sophia for breakfast. After all that stuff, came back to the hotel to rest (late check out nice). It's a really nice hotel but no pool, so we took CD to the splash pad in Cascades Park, still pretty fun.
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