Notes
Flying Pig Marathon 5k.
New PR!!! USATF certified. Course was pretty hilly too.
Splits were 5:40, 5:47, 5:28, 32 second last .1. I went out pretty relaxed and even felt pretty good half way through. Then I came through 2 miles at around 11:28 and saw I was falling off pace so I busted it. I really didn't think I was gonna make it at that point because I had slowed down. Caught the only guy in eye sight with about 800 meters to go and ran hard home. I was really surprised when I saw my 3 mile time at 16:57 and at that point I knew I had it. I contribute the big negative split to this being my 2nd 5k race since the end of cross season my senior year a year and a half ago. I forgot how much they hurt, I can't remember any pain like the last half mile of that race.
I don't usually write this much but I'm flippin excited right now. I've been feeling like crap almost everyday, I haven't really been doing any workouts but tempo runs, and it was a hilly course and I still managed to run a minute faster than my high school PR. I have been doubting my ability to even run under 17:45 all week and I basically destroyed it... Also kind of makes me mad because I know if I would have put the work in in high school I could have been a whole lot faster.