Notes
My high school coach and I had planned on running today already. He texted me halfway through the day and asked if I wanted to do the trail series today since the race is today anyways. (It's a 5k race series that happens every Monday at Mines Falls, the trails we were going to run at. It's $5 to enter, pretty low-key and not too serious). I figured sure, why the hell not. We warmed up and cooled down on the course to get some good mileage, and I figured I'd tempo the race. It was in the high 70s or 80s and very humid so not the best conditions, but we did have the shade of the trails so that was something. There was actually some decent competition, a couple of high school kids and recent college grads. I figured I'd go for 5:30ish pace and just see how I felt. The adrenaline kicked in and I went a little faster, I wasn't about to let some high schooler beat me. Dropped him at the mile to go mark for the W. Felt a lot better than I thought it would considering the temp / humidity. The shade and adrenaline made it a lot more bearable. Glad I randomly decided to do this.