Notes
Another year, another Stars and Stripes 5k in the books. Janet was out of town and nobody who has been fast recently has returned so I wasn't sure how competitive it was going to be. Legs felt alright on the warmup but I could tell this was going to be a tough effort regardless. Gun went off and I took the lead...and that was about it. Never saw anybody else ever again throughout the race so just tried my best to hold a good pace. Legs felt heavy and cashed 800 meters in which really annoyed me and made the rest of the run difficult. Both the mile marker and the 2 mile are long so when I went through in 4:51 I knew it was closer to 4:46-4:47. Started to slow regardless but not terribly for a road race. Went through the "2 mile" in 10:06 which made me laugh and then I finished up in 15:49 for 3.2. I've measure this course in the past and it usually comes out to 3.19-3.22 so whatever. The last 3/4ths mile has lots of rolling hills through the park and that part felt the toughest. Had to struggle with form and just do my best to hold on. Again, body was having a bad day but it was still nice to run a decent time. Was ahead of my sophomore time by 2 seconds so at least I know I'm on the right track. Probably shouldn't have worked out twice this week...but oh well, fun way to start the day!