Today I ran in the Fill The Ark 5k. I was feeling okay, but a little sick. This race is always fun. My parents started it about six years ago. I have won it four out of six times. This year the new course was a lot harder, (I think) with more hills. I wanted to push it and get a pr, but I this course was too tough to do that, especially with no one near me. The first mile was pretty hard, I ran a 5:27. My friend Gemachu was a few seconds behind me at that point. After that, he dropped back a lot. The second mile was a little bit easier, but I only ran a 5:26. At this point I was quite alot ahead. The last mile had about 800 meters of uphill and was very hard. Once I got to the downhill for the last 800, I didn't push it very hard and just coasted in for the win. I did okay considering it wasn't my best effort on a hard course. I also won a cool watch. I looked it up and it is worth about $400!
Later I ran 5.75 miles. I had a sideache, but my legs felt surprisingly fresh. I kept it really easy though, 7:45 pace. It felt good to take an easy run. | 