Notes
Drake relays road 10k, 1st place, official time 30:46 (15:25 first 5k, 15:20 second 5k)
Really good race for me this morning. Going in my A goal was 30:40, B goal was sub 5 pace, C goal was 31:40. So came up just short of my A goal... although Cal claims the course was 10-15 seconds short, so idk....
Wanted to get out in 5:0x-low the first mile and just see how it felt. Tyson was out like his usual dumb ass self in 4:48, I was just chilling back in 5:02. Started gaining on him the second mile and caught him shortly after the 2 mile split. When I pulled even I wanted to dispose of him quickly so I put in a pretty hard surge as I passed. He held on for maybe 20 seconds but then he was off the back, out of sight out of mind, I knew I had the win in the bag at this point.
Just kept the foot on the gas after dropping Tyson and rolled the last half-ish. The 5k started 15 minutes after the 10k, so on the way back Jasko was just hitting the 5k turn as I was rolling back past it. I was just starting to wonder if I could hold my pace to the finish, and even though I was running faster than Jasko it was really helpful to have him not too far back because I knew if I let off the gas he could catch me. I was really surprised to see I ran my last mile in 4:52 but really pumped I was able to finish it off strong.
Big day for me after having kind of a shitter of a 5k down at Mizzou a few weeks ago. LR tomorrow then gotta get the legs feeling good for Grand Blue mile Tuesday night!