Notes
Half decided last night I wasn't going to run this full race effort because
A) the weather was looking terrible and there was no shot at a good time
B) I wanted to have a beer at dinner with Nate and Shania visiting and I didn't want to drink if I was racing the next day.
Got out pretty easy, but it still ended up being a bit more work than tempo effort. I still didn't really go to the well. Focused on staying relaxed and smooth from the gun. Pretty much nailed what I was going for with a smooth effort.
To my surprise I could hear somebody on my heels pretty much the whole time. Last year I won by like 4 minutes (Not impressive. Small 5k in an Iowa town, not that many runners). The company was nice because it kept me pretty honest. I definitely wasn't going to let myself lose such a small 5k.
I couldn't believe they still sent us out because we could see lighting in the distance while the starter was doing his pre-race checklist. I ended up being glad I did it, even though I was hoping it was going to cancelled. Feels good to run a hard effort in bad conditions and do OK. I was 30 seconds faster than last year in about the same conditions and ended up running 1:20 faster than that by the fall, so it's a nice start I guess. Need to get something on the calendar when I'm used to warmer weather and the weather itself mellows out.