Notes
This was a strange race. The first mile when I was pacing with Sandy and Les, it felt very easy as if I was running tempo effort and not race effort. I thought I picked it up 2nd mile with more effort, but I was slower. When I hit the hills from 2 to 4, I slowed down a bit like last year. The effort was there, but I couldn't go any faster.
The last mile, (.95) where I usually run at just under 6:00 pace, I was way slower at 6;20 pace. My time was the same as last year - 33:12. If I was able to run a strong last mile, I would have gotten my goal which was a sub 33:00.
1st in 60-69.
Two years ago I was 31;48, so I am much slower now. Curious to see how much I will improve the rest of the year as this was my first short race of the year. My two other races were a marathon and half marathon. Normally, I need a few 5K to 10K races to get mentally sharp to handle pace.
I am proud of Eleni. She hasn't raced in 3 years and showed up and raced with hardly any training at all and ran an excellent time considering her lack of fitness. :-)
Overall 21 / 109 (19.3%)
Ages 60 - 69 1 / 9 (11.1%)