Notes
Temp 87 (92) Wind 7 mph. Dew Point 68°.
Quite a few HS / college runners in field. Joe W. and Andy J. fastest adults. SEMO Coach Lane here to scout couple of the HS kids, so look for them to put in good effort. Got to talking to coach and did not get my last minute striders done.
Go through first mile with AJ at 6:20 on Garmin. About right. AJ starts to move ahead second time up Oak Street hill. Pass a HS kid at 1.3 miles, then start to feel the heat and hills in my legs on next small incline. Usually drop about a 6:25-6:30 on the second mile of this course. Tonight is no different and Garmin split is 6:30. Hills bury me the rest of the way. Garmin split another 6:30 in mile three and pass another HS kid. Have one more that I am closing fast on as we approach the finish line, but I've given him too much slack to run him down. Needed about another 30-40 meters and would have got him. Kick pace = 5:44. *9th OA. 1st AG. Lowest OA finish since 2012. (*-Update 7/27/2014: One of the race timers saw me in Wal-Mart. Said she had lost the #3 stick and whatever stick I had got at the finish line, final results will place me one spot higher.)
Felt old tonight. Heat, humidity, and hills really starting to expose my age. Still only a few seconds off course PR and have run this race in much better 5K shape. Temperature + Dew Point = 155. Pace conversion chart = 5.25% adjustment factor which put effort in 6:05 to 6:10 range. In an OK place with HM 120 days out.
Onward.