Notes
GPS said 3.17 and the results had me at 15:37.
With the amount of quality I've had lately, I figured 5k at sub 15:30 would be good.
1st mile=4:51. Felt good and relaxed
2nd mile=5:01. First half was a little tiring, 2nd half wasn't bad.
3rd mile=5:12. I thought I had sub 15:30 in the bag, so I relaxed too much I guess. I definitely didn't think I would have run this slowly though. I was running against traffic and could tell I was relaxing some but I guess I backed off more than I thought.
I was more tired than I thought a 15:37 would make me but I'm starting to build up the training, so my body is pretty worn right now. I'm also bad at running short races by myself because the marathon training makes me a bit lazy. If I'm on the track, it's one thing because I get constant feedback, but on the roads, I guess I slow down too much. I may experiment using my GPS next time.
Man, I have a long way to go. I'm hoping to run faster than this pace for 10 additional miles by the end of the month, so I have some work to do.