Notes
Fangtastic 5k in 15:20, right behind Snellen in 15:19. My plan was to try and develop a 3-5s gap on him going into the last mile and then hammer hard with 1k to go, but it didn't turn out that way. The first mile was a little hilly and windy and we hit that in 5:07. The second mile was a good mix of downhills and uphills with some more headwinds and I tried to turn up the intensity and we hit that together in 10:13 (5:06). With a mile to go, we both started to move and had some good downhill running and with about 600m to go, he put a gap on me and I could never close it. I was about 2s behind at the 3rd mile split in 14:51 (4:38) and knew he had a lot of foot speed, so I just closed it up.
After the race, I was feeling really good which frustrates me because I really wanted to dig deep today. With all of the steady running, I've forgotten what a hard 5k should feel like and how deep I truly need to dig. I'm definitely happy with my time considering the hills, wind and the huge negative split but the win would have been nice.
On another note, I've only done two fastish workouts in my cycle, and my last fast workout before that was in early October, so it's definitely a good sign. These next 4-5 weeks, I need to stay consistent with the hill blasts and get in some workouts at sub 5:00 pace.