Notes
This was the Team Hope 5K Run for Huntington's Disease, in Madison, WI. I was primed and ready for this race, but it felt wrong from the start. By half a mile out, I was out of breath and felt like walking, and now I would have to climb a long, steep hill. I shuffled up the hill as people passed me, and I kept running. After mile 1, no one passed me. I passed four or five people of various ages between mile 1.7 and 2.8 (as near as I can guess; the mile markers were misplaced) and finished fairly strong. Not my best race by far, but still faster than anything I ran prior to this year, so I'm happy. Actually, I was happy just to participate!
Clock (and my watch) time was 25:58 at finish.
Mile markers were misplaced. My watch gave me these splits:
Mile 1 - 8:26
Mile 2 - 7:00 (no way)
Mile 3 - 8:49
Mile 3.107 - 1:43 (16:03/mile, obviously wrong)
Trey Moore took off like a flash and was actually ahead of me at mile 0.2 but soon fell back.
High relative humidity and the hills likely contributed to my slow time; also, I didn't get "into the groove" until about mile 1.5 (again, subject to the markers), so I should probably do some warmup running before 5K races in the future, particularly morning races.