Notes
This is what 20 miles/week gets me. Was right behind the elites at the start since no one wanted to own up to running 5-5:30 pace, so Rusty found me & we cruised through the first mile in 5:30. I should have stepped on the brakes there to save something for the end, but we got through the next mile in 5:45, which is the pace I originally wanted. Made the turn onto Comm & thought the overpass over the pike was the hill at first, & got up & over that ok, but then the actual hill just killed my pace & I fell off from Rusty pretty hard. Made it through 3 miles in 17:25 (exactly where I planned), & the 5k was 18:07. Then the guy from last week saw/passed me, but I just couldn't respond, even going downhill. It was just a desolate last 2.5 miles, I ended up battling with a wheelchair racer & don't even know if I got him. Was 23:30 at 4 miles (still not awful overall), 29:50 I think at 5, 36:00 at 6 & I guess I had enough of a kick for a 75 last quarter if the marker & finish were accurate. But a 19:08 2nd 5k is just not going to get it done, not even for the half in October. Might have been the weather, but I don't think so, it was probably the awful mileage in May & June.