Notes
Bucktown 5k 2k21. never done this race before and just raced on friday evening but had already signed up so figured why not. the course is in the city and is flat as a pancake. thankfully the race went out slow (probably because no money was offered this year as prize money?) because i didnt want to go out too hard and get over my skis. despite it being humid, i felt way more relaxed/controlled during this than i did during the 8k on friday. got gapped by the leaders slightly through the mile in 5:00. i settled into my rhythm and dropped lathrop who had been next to me but the leaders continued to slightly pull away. i hit the 2nd mile actually feeling pretty good and ready to push in 10:04 (5:04). started to turn it on a bit but unfortunately the leaders were too far out of reach for my mind to conceivably think i could catch them so despite my last mile being my fastest, i didnt dig super deep into the well. closed in 4:57 for the 3rd mile and then the last 200ish was at 4:35pace. finished in 3rd (winner was 15:22 and 2nd was 15:27) running 15:37 so i was happy with this outcome given my lack of training and recent race results. avg HR was only 189 during this but was apparently 204 during the whole 3rd mile