Notes
Sunset House 5k. Pancake flat course in the hometown. My racing flats did not come in the mail so I had to race in the trainers, which isnt the biggest deal. At the start line with Eric and Aaron.
Race gets off and right away its the three of us and some tall beanstalk looking guy. A kid in a pink singlet took it out hard! We came through the first 400 in a 76 (according to Aarons GPS) but that kid was at least 7-8 seconds ahead of us at that point. First mile in a 5:20, right where I wanted to be. Was looking to PR and felt good.
Not sure what happened. Around the 3k mark I sorta just let negative thoughts come in because my stomach was feeling off. So I had a mental lapse up until the turn onto Wyndale and then decided the race was almost over so I should bring it in strong. thought I was closing in on Aaron who was falling off the lanky dude. turned into the final straightaway and thought I had third locked up but sneaky Eric nosed me AT THE LINE! we had the same time and everything! I think it was a pride thing. Aaron, Eric and I swept the age group in 2nd, 3rd, 4th.
Aaron was upset with his performance (16:52) but I was pretty content. Its a solid time considering how I usually perform in road races on my own and my preparation from last night was less than ideal. 5:20 into a 5:34 average is not what I wanted but with a little over a month before the firecracker I know I can crack some skulls.