Notes
5k at Wash U. Was in a big heat of about 30 guys with times ranging from 16:30-18:00 so I was set up to have quite a few people to run with. The race got out pretty fast, I was hanging on to the pack end of the pack and came through the 1k in 3:18ish, at that point I made the conscious decision to back off a little as I thought the pace was too quick for me. Ended up going through the mile in 5:24 with the rest of the pack being around 5:20, so obviously my decision to back off was a fairly bad one. From there I was able to click off 83-84s by myself until guys started coming back to me. Worked past 4-5 guys who were falling back and actually managed to run this part of the race semi-intelligently. Jordan Gunther from Concordia-Wisconsin was in this heat and when he came back to me we fought for a little bit, after covering two of his surges he fell off hard, which I'm a little proud of. Overall, pretty stupid decision in the beginning but towards the end I managed to catch some guys and compete well. Ended up getting a nice PR to start outdoor. Now that I know what I can do I'm looking forward to putting together a really solid 5k in the near future.