Notes
Brandyn got me to sign up for this race a while ago. No expectations but figured I'd just go for it. First race since the 10 miler back in August. Ended up going super well! I did not expect to have this speed in me. But when it comes to racing my body just switches to race mode and I always have some sort of race speed. Weird but awesome. What I didn't have was late race speed. It was a two-loop course and first loop was a great time. Actually on par with what I've done in standalone 5k races in the past couple years at similar mileage so surprised I hit it during a 10k. But then that 2nd 5k was significantly slower. And I didn't need the stopwatch to tell me that, man I felt it. Still maintained pretty decent speed and held on for a good time. But not having anything for the second half is something I've noticed in the past when my mileage isn't high enough. So still a work in progress there. As I add a little more mileage along with some workouts I'm sure that continuous race speed will come. In the meantime I'm quite happy with how I raced considering my current mileage. Consistency and length of time establishing the base must be paying dividends now.