This is the first time I raced the 5 mile at this race (there are 5/10/15 mile options) in several years. I made it to the start with exactly 5 seconds to spare. Luckily I had parked 2 miles from the start, so I have a decent warmup, although I didn't get any strides in. I started out fine and felt pretty good as the race went along. Unfortunately I quickly found myself running all alone. Three guys were about 2-5 seconds per mile faster than me and didn't think I could latch on to one of them and make it stick. There is one very long steep uphill at the 2.25 mile mark and then a pair of steeper hills with .75 to go. I really felt those today. All in all, it is where I am at this point and I can't expect too much more. I should have won my AG but my chip didn't work or something so I was left out of the results. No big deal. I didn't really want another coffee cup, but it kind of sucks to be totally left out. 1 - 6:00 2 - 6:05 3 - 6:30 4 - 6:01 5 - 6:08 On to the next one - not sure when that is yet... | 