Notes
Second installment of the Salomon Autumn Trail Series. Not sure what my deal is but I've been getting unusually nervous before the start of these races. Anyway, wanted to stay relaxed the first two miles and close hard on the last two. Started the race and some random guy (who turns out ran for River Falls about 6 years ago) took off from the get go. After about the first K, the two guys who I usually stick behind were starting to lose some serious ground on this RF guy. Decided to move and stick with him for the rest of the race. 1st mile in 5:16. Felt very relaxed. At around 2k decided to do a little work and put about 5 meters on him but by the second mile we were together again. Mile 2 at 5:33. Still felt very relaxed. Hung together to about 2.5 mile and then I decided to go. Went through mile three in 5:30ish and the 5k in 16:55. I hate the back end of the course. Its super soft and it turns out the course isn't marked so that people know there is a race going on. I had to constantly yell "on your left/right: to all sorts of people out walking/power walking/jogging/masturbating. The last hill was a bitch again as usually but not as much as last time. Previous course record was 19:57. I came through the line at 19:39 on my watch but they recorded 19:44 for some reason. I saw the timing guy not ready when I came out from the trail to the finish and it seems I caught him by surprise. Not sure if that explains the discrepancy or not. Anyway, set the course record and definitely feel like I can go sub 19:20. Felt pretty good.
Set at 200 points now. Second place is at 120 points. I better win something cool by the end of this.