Notes
Horace Mann 5K in Nashua. This was a strange run were nothing went right. First I almost left the house without the driving directions. I had trouble finding the race site so i was running a bit late. IK get there and I realized that i didn't have any cash to pay for the entry fee, so i had to drive to an ATM. So know I'm behind schedule and I only had time to warm up for about 1.5 miles insteard of my usual 3 miles. I then realized that i had left my race top in the dryer so I had to run in the shirt from the race.
Race goes out. I'm running ahrd, but my first mile was much slower than I expected, (6:14). I didn't know if I was having abad day, or not being warmed up, or the course was off. 2nd mile at 6:10, so right away I was slower than the 5 mile pace from 2 weeks ago. I was in 4th place, the guys ahead of me about 30 seconds and no one close behind. The course was not well marked. With many turns I wasn't sure which way the leaders went. I went right by the last turn and was off course. I kept running thinking perhaps this was a 5 mile race? After 24 minutes, (about 4 miles) I knew I screwed up, so I turned around and jogged back.
This was not a well run event. There should have been people at the confusing turns to direct runners, especially the majorturns. My left hamstring was bothering me starting at 1.5 miles.