Notes
Goal was 49:xx (<10:00 splits); to race hard, then check McMillan for the right training paces. Plus, it'll be my tempo run for the week and a first-time 5 mile PR. 1st in AG and 38th out of 90 - the awards were Christmas tree ornaments... but the shirt was nice. Started out in a crowd for the first 1/2 to 3/4 miles and thought I'd have to pick it up a little to make up, but the 1st mi. split was 9:23. The 2nd mi. was closer to my pace goal at 9:40, but the 3 mi. marker time was 29:11 - I could tell I was slowing a little and might finish over 50:00 for this 5M race. So far, the rolling hills had been small, not too steep (& really mimicked what I run on in my neighborhood). Then mi. 4 was lots of downhill and one particularly long steep downhill which I really sped up on - I could hear someone behind me commenting on "tearing up the quads", but it never bothered me - took a 9:16 on that one and knew I could've really pushed it more and should have. Then the last mi. where I slowed on a long and fairly steep hill just before the finish. Was happy with 48:38 - on the way to changing my race paces from 10mm's to 8mm's...