Notes
Race - Waterman Lions Club Gobbler Gallop 5K
Splits:
Mile 1: 6:14 6:14
Mile 2: 6:27 12:41
Mile 3: 6:12 18:53
Last .10: 0:33 19:27
I am happy with my performance today. This is my best time for the year and my best time since 6/4/2006 when I ran 19:23. Even though this time was slightly slower, I feel like this race was actually a stonger performance.
My last mile was the fastest mile today posting a split of 6:12. I think that I may have gotten under 19:20 had I maintained a slightly faster pace during mile 2. I was playing on the cautious side though as during warmup my legs had felt very heavy and I slogged through the warmup mile.
There was good competition, and I was never left alone for very along. The initial sprint was very quick and I noticed 5:50/mile pace. It was obvious that some of the folks getting off to 5:45/Mile pace were not going to maintain that effort. Luckily, I have my garmin and I was able to slow into my comfortable race pace. After the first quarter mile, I began passing many people. In fact, there was only one runner that passed me after the initial surge. This was during mile 2 and I probably should have hung with him. I ended up with a good kick in the last tenth which made of much of the ground in put between us finishing almost even.