Notes
Second year in a row running the South Whitley 5k, I didn't improve much from last year, I took 2 seconds off my time. Philip had a big improvement taking nearly 1min off his time from last year. I started out perfect right at my intended race pace and ran the first half mile at the front before Philip caught up to me and we ran the next mile together. Philip pulled ahead just after the turn around and I was unable to hang with him. I dropped back and ran with the guy who ended up finishing second before he slowly broke away.
Injuries have definitely taken there toll on me so far this year as I cant seem to hang onto my intended race pace for the entire race. I still finished third but a little disappointed that Philip and I were not able to finish 1 & 2. No races for the next few weeks so hopefully now that I am healthy minus slight hip pain I will catch up on some lost training and be prepared for Chase Charlie where I intend to set a PR.
Today was a nice cool morning for a race and I am happy with how things turned out but just disappointed that we could not go 1 & 2. Its great to finish at the top but it would be great to see more competition next year at least to push us along. I had no one close behind me to push me along and my kick at the end suffered because of it.