Notes
Race day! It's the Alexis Woods 5k Run/Walk at the Parshall Pow Wow. Not only did it start almost 30 minutes late and I had really no warm-up, but nobody was there that had any sub-20 minute capability. NDSU stud 400 runners were there, because Alexis is a 53 high 400 runner, and her bf was there and he is a 400m hurdler, but they were pretty slow at this. This was an out-and-back down a straight, relatively flat gravel road on a humid, overcast morning. There was a slight breeze at my back during the first half, and in my face during the second half. I made a rookie mistake and went out way too fast for my poor fitness. 5:18 first mile, 5:28 second mile, and 5:37 third mile. During the third mile I mentally was struggling because I was hurting, because I didn't want my pace to drop too much. I actually stopped and walked for 10-15 seconds to gather myself before hitting the last half mile. I stopped my watch, so my time doesn't reflect that. Those of you judging me right now, you don't understand racing alone down a lonely gravel road in the middle of fricken nowhere reservation land with just wheat and soybean fields for miles. Eh, this race could've been better, but I'm not holding myself to any standards right now. Just trying to get a little better and a little stronger every day.