Well I was far from my goal today at the race partly because of the amount of crazy hills and wind on the course. However, I'm not frustrated or anything because 1) I had a great time with some friends 2)won $100 for coming in second and 3) the race didn't get destroyed by a hurricane. I took out the race with a local Ethiopian in 5:05 then a 10:15 and down from there once the Ethiopian took off. The course was many rolling hills with the 1 of two downhills in the first part of the first mile. It was also windy since hurricane Sandy is getting closer to the coast. I also felt a bit flat while yesterday I felt amazing. This tells me that I did not peak correctly. When I ran my 10K PR, I took the day before off without cutting too much mileage earlier in the week. This time I did the opposite. I feel that my best PRs are on regular mileage with a day off before hand. I will remember this next time. Peaking is very subjective to the runner and since this new method didn't turn out too well (just like it didn't turn out well last May in the Capitol Hill Classic 10K) I am returning to my normal peak routine In addition, I ran tough and on the edge of "anaerobia" but I could tell that I haven't spent enough time there since my focus has been on the 10K. It also sucks to run by yourself for the second half of a 5K. All in all it was a fun day with some new friends and $100 in my pocket. Next up, Veteran's Day 10K. I want to ramp my mileage back up and do some high end aerobic work this week. We'll see how bad the hurricane gets in the next two days. Results 
The first place guy and myself 
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