Well done, Dave! That's some awesome finish times all across the board, here. From short to much longer distances, you're a great runner. That's hard to pull. Bravo!

Thanks Cherie! It's a great feeling.

Thanks Ric-G!

Thanks Rick! I'm definitely feeling good about my year so far, hope I can keep it up. I have a mile race in August, I ran it last year and had no idea what I was doing, so I just found a guy who was planning to run a time I thought I could do and stayed with him, this year I'll try racing it on my own. I have two more 5Ks, one next weekend, then another two weeks later, then a 10K two weeks after that. Past that nothing until a 5K in July, miler in August, 8k in Sept, half in Oct, full in Nov, 50k in Dec. That's the rest of my year. I might toss in a couple of 5Ks in the fall/winter just to see where my speed is then. I'm shooting for a fair amount of weight loss by the July 5K, so I can see how much that helps me. I'm still sitting at 195lbs and it's not doing me any favors. 20-25lbs lighter should add a fair amount of speed.

Thanks lily! Part of me really wants to focus on speed for a while, but then a bigger part of me wants to qualify for Boston again and then actually go to Boston in '16, so I'll probably still focus more on the longer distances for now. Maybe after I'm a lock for Boston '16 I'll see what I can do with the shorter stuff. I just want to be good at everything, is that too much to ask? lol

Time to accept the fact that you are fast and deserve to be starting up front, I think!

So, have you adjusted your goals for your next 5K since you know you can do sub-19 without even having any competition?

Got a couple of really good shots from the race, this was coming up a small hill to the finish, kicking hard.

Great speed, Dave. Congrats!

Thanks Rick, I do try to focus on staying loose. I've also been focusing on my hip orientation. After reading that article about it's all in the hips, I've learned that I need to roll my hips slightly forward, so I've been practicing this in my daily runs. My new mantra is, "Hips forward, heels up!". Since I started focusing on this about a week or so ago, all of my runs have been extremely smooth. My footsteps have gotten softer, and I can feel more of the work taking place in my glutes.

Thanks Bin!

Thanks Mike!

I just want to be good at everything, is that too much to ask? lol

That's a tough goal to reach, but it is attainable though you may be a little short of what you could run in any one event if you concentrated on just one distance.

All too often back in the day I would find myself, like you, racing alone with the leaders well ahead and the pack way behind. All you can do is try your best to push the pace or relax and run for the place leaving a fast time for another day. Depends on your race schedule and how close you may be to a PB. Congrats on the sub-19:00. Now go after the sub-6:00 pace for 5K.

Thanks George!  I'm going to incorporate a 5x1000 workout into my base building between now and July.  There's a 5k in July that I'm going to target before I start my marathon training for my Nov race.  I figure that will give me time to drop a fair amount of weight and get some good 5k workouts in.