Thanks...as far as the coach goes, I asked him twice "Are you sure you really want me to race a 5K?"  He insisted I'd be fine but I had my doubts.  I know to trust him though.  I've got a 10K next Saturday too.

 

 

Short RR:

 

My warm up felt better than I expected, but there was definitely some fatigue there.  I lined up a couple of rows back because I was expecting something like a 21 minute 5K.  Tired legs, plus I have a cold.  I ran "comfortably hard" from the start and not at 5K effort.  I just didn't know how my legs would respond.  I didn't count the people in front of me because there were so many of them.  So for the first mile, I was just cruising, feeling good, enjoying the run.  Lots of people around me were sucking wind already, so I knew they were doomed.   My Garmin was being a dick.  I had no pace reading, then it was in the 9's, and my HR would not connect.  So, I stopped looking at it.  I hit the 1.5 mile turnaround feeling good, so I picked up the pace a little and starting passing people, and more people, and suddenly there were only three people in front of me.  A course marshall at mile 2 yelled "12:30!" and I thought, "Oh shit, that's close to a PR."  So, I stepped on the gas and gave it my all the last half of the race.  I passed another guy (kid) and was running side by side with another for the next half mile.  I pulled ahead into second by a few steps with a quarter mile to go, but he had another gear and flew past me, but I knew I was well ahead of the next person.  The race timer at the finish line shouted "19:01" as I crossed and I was like holy shit.  I collapsed in the grass for a few minutes, totally spent.  Splits were 6:20, 6:30, 6:06.  The old PR was over two years old and I am thrilled to have beaten that.

 

Garmin only got 3.03 miles, but the course is certified and I see other people on Strava got 3.1 miles, so this counts.  I also figure my HM and FM PR's are both long, so screw it.  Even if the course was short, which I don't think it was, this would equate to a 19:35 which would be my second best 5K.  Hell of a race either way and I don't know how the hell I pulled this off.

19:01!!! Wow! You're fast, buddy! Can you imagine how good you'd be if you didn't spend all that time and energy in water and on two wheels?

Phil - I'm amazed you could PR a week after a marathon. My legs barely waddle a week after.  Excellent job.

13.2 miles for me on a cool (48) and cloudy day. I'm not looking forward to the colder weather. I like 40s and 50s.

 

Thanks...as far as the coach goes, I asked him twice "Are you sure you really want me to race a 5K?"  He insisted I'd be fine but I had my doubts.  I know to trust him though.  I've got a 10K next Saturday too.

 

 

Short RR:

 

My warm up felt better than I expected, but there was definitely some fatigue there.  I lined up a couple of rows back because I was expecting something like a 21 minute 5K.  Tired legs, plus I have a cold.  I ran "comfortably hard" from the start and not at 5K effort.  I just didn't know how my legs would respond.  I didn't count the people in front of me because there were so many of them.  So for the first mile, I was just cruising, feeling good, enjoying the run.  Lots of people around me were sucking wind already, so I knew they were doomed.   My Garmin was being a dick.  I had no pace reading, then it was in the 9's, and my HR would not connect.  So, I stopped looking at it.  I hit the 1.5 mile turnaround feeling good, so I picked up the pace a little and starting passing people, and more people, and suddenly there were only three people in front of me.  A course marshall at mile 2 yelled "12:30!" and I thought, "Oh shit, that's close to a PR."  So, I stepped on the gas and gave it my all the last half of the race.  I passed another guy (kid) and was running side by side with another for the next half mile.  I pulled ahead into second by a few steps with a quarter mile to go, but he had another gear and flew past me, but I knew I was well ahead of the next person.  The race timer at the finish line shouted "19:01" as I crossed and I was like holy shit.  I collapsed in the grass for a few minutes, totally spent.  Splits were 6:20, 6:30, 6:06.  The old PR was over two years old and I am thrilled to have beaten that.

 

Garmin only got 3.03 miles, but the course is certified and I see other people on Strava got 3.1 miles, so this counts.  I also figure my HM and FM PR's are both long, so screw it.  Even if the course was short, which I don't think it was, this would equate to a 19:35 which would be my second best 5K.  Hell of a race either way and I don't know how the hell I pulled this off.

If everyone else got 3.1, clearly your GPS crapped out. Nice job and congrats!

5K result is in: 19:01, for an 11 second PR. 3rd OA. What the hell is happening??  Waiting on awards now.

A sub-3:00 marathon apparently.

Nice work!

 

He does it after every marathon. It's annoying. 

I can see that.   

Congrats, nurunner!

Phil, nice placing (OA and AG!)

Ran 5 outside in 79F and 62DP.  Felt hot for some reason (normally that's Winterish for us).  Meh.

Congrats Nurunner.  Sounds like a great place and race.

 

Baboon -- cruising the first half of a new PR 5K???  Go out and hammer that 10K into submission next weekend.  Oh, yeah, congrats on the placement .  It's fun beating the young kids.  I get a kick out of the double take you get when pulling up along side.  Of course, gray hair helps.

 

ZZy:  Nice work out.

 

Got in two miles on the TM.  Can't get into the PT until the 20th so going to need to work on flexibility by myself till then.  Hips, quads, hams are really tight.  Going to take some work loosening things up.

What's hurting again?  I missed it.  Ugh, waiting until the 20th sucks!