Notes
Worst 5 miler ever. I felt good warming up, but once the race started, the heat got to me and I feel another factor was this was my first race since October and I am not mentally ready yet to be race ready. It always takes me a few races to get race sharp.
I was 2:40 slower than last year. Even if it was cool, a good time would have been around 34:00 because my speed workouts have been about 10 seconds per mile slower than at this point last year.
My half marathon pace at the DHM in September was 7:04, so running 7:11 today in a 5 miler really shows how badly I ran.
I have never run two bad races in a row, so I am looking froward to bouncing back next race.