86 F, 5:30am. I worked night shift last night but got off early enough to go do this race. 2.4 mile warmup jog to get there @ 8:47 pace. I was still sore but it wasn't really affecting me while running so I decided to actually race it.
My splits were 7:08, 7:06, 6:56, and the last .14 at a 6:15 pace. Mike was there, and he passed me right before mile 1, calling me a sandbagger again. He stayed about 5-10 seconds in front of me after he passed by, and I could never seem to quite catch up as he stayed the same distance in front. We both passed a lot of people toward the end.
Anyway, I improved my 5K time, soft as it was, by almost 30 seconds yet once again fell 5 seconds short of cracking a barrier, just like the HM I ran in April. There should be plenty more 5Ks here where I can improve further when the temps go down and where maybe I will have slept sometime in the past 24 hours. Stupid night shift.
2.31 mile cooldown back to my base @ 8:43 pace. | 
