Notes
Very happy with this race! Perfect conditions. Overcast, 40°. Goal was to break 21:30. Ended up running a 21:19 to end my racing year. Not a PR, but two minutes faster than I was running 5k's to start the year.
Le Numbers:
Official Time: 21:19
Pace: 6:53/mile
Splits: 6:59, 6:56, 6:45, :38(5:26 pace, so says the Garmin)
First time I've gone sub-7 for all 3 miles of a 5k this year. Negative splits, to boot.
Overall place: 44 of 1847 (2%)
Age group: 4 of 60 (7%)
Men: 37 of 746 (5%)
The best thing about this race is that my body felt great. No injury pains. Lungs were still a tad congested, but I suck wind at this pace anyway.
This makes me want to start doing 'official' speed work to see how fast I can run these things. Of course, I'd be inviting more injuries, so we'll see.
Anyway, thus ends my racing year (as far as I can tell.) Glad to end it on an up note!