5k on
the track. My rival Yiu Kit Ching was there, and she is fast at the fast
stuff (has gone up from the 1500m, not a marathoner yet), so I knew I had my
work cut out for me. The plan was to stick right behind her and surge if
I felt good in the second half. So would love to win, time goal is to
break 18 minutes.
Warmed
up 5k, then roll call was not where I expected it. I am last to roll
call, and they gave numbers according to roll call. We walk to the
starting line (200m mark) and then do some strides. Then we line up.
On the 10,000m on Tuesday we could line up how we wanted so I went to
lane 1, then they motioned to me I needed to go to the end. They made us
do the waterfall start according to our check in order, so I was out in lane 8.
I'm embarrassed and flabbergasted. I don't know if this will affect
the start or not. Turns out it didn't. Gun shot and I get in
quickly, right behind Christy (YKC's english name). First 200m 40
seconds. I feel so fresh. Need 86 to keep 18 pace.
Lap 1
(after the 200m), 86, feeling very fresh
2 - 87
(what? I am not liking this), 1000m at 3:35, not fast enough in my mind
3 -
86,
4 - 83,
(surging lap for passing) after 3.5 laps I take the lead, I am concerned
about keeping pace for breaking 18
5 - 86
6 - 86
7 - 86
8
-
9 - 86
10 - 87
with three laps to go Christy passes me and gets a couple of seconds on me, as
you can see by the split I don't respond, the pace is getting hard to sustain
11 - 86
12 -
78 (thinking, I want to break 17:50)
17:46
end time, Christy ended up 12 seconds ahead, so about 4 sec faster per lap in
the last three laps.
Perhaps I should have waited and not passed her?
But I ran a pretty even race and got a good time. This is my best
5k since college. College is a bit of an unfair comparison, too, since in
college I was training for the 10k on the track, which is alot more
transferable to a 5k than marathon training is. Next have two 10ks on the road in March, then
25k in Italy in April. That’s why I am
not going to go to Boston. I plan on
doing Boston in 2013 :D For real this
time.
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