Notes
finally broke 17 in the 5k, and by a good margin! had Bobby and max pace me through it. Bobby did the whole race and Max did mile 1 and 3. they were super helpful! no way I could've done it without them. paced it very well, but I could quite stay under 80 a lap in the second half. split 35 on the first 200m then 5:15, 5:25, and 5:15. closed in 70 seconds which felt horribly painful! that made up for the middle mile being 81s. my plan was almost dead on, just 5 or so seconds faster in the middle. really had no idea what the time was since 4k but knew I was still pretty much on pace. my goal was 16:20-30, but I'm very happy with what I got.
it was raining all day, and the track was about as wet as it could get. overall, it was really nice though. the temperature was about perfect and the rain didn't bother me.