Notes
Good race. Master's runners were Andy J, Bramlett and myself in lead group. We finished 3-4-5 overall.
Team CBEGM, with a combined age of 108 y/o, finished with an average time on the 5K course of 19:15.... No matter how you slice that up, that is pretty salty for the old dudes.
The key for this race was to see where my fitness was and attempt to run fairly even splits without blowing up the first mile. Splits were 6:10/6:11/6:15 and a finish speed of 4:59 pace. Very happy with the entire race. I felt as if I were pacing today and not "pushing the pace" which is what I wanted as I am not yet in good 5K shape. Too early in the year to be too primed up on the 5K end of things.
Andy J was about 20 seconds ahead of me at the 1.5 mile mark. I think he finished about 25-30 seconds ahead of me at the end and looked to be running smoothly the entire race. He is getting ready for a Boston race, I believe.
Caleb Cornelius cruises to the OA win today with a pedestrian 17:xx training effort. Kid must be getting some good training/advice from someone.
My finish time was 18:59 if JW hit the button soon enough. For a 52 y/o that age-grades out to 16:20 with an age-performance % of 78.96%. I will take it.
I do believe Bramlett ran a mid-79% age performance time..... Damn impressive effort.
CBEGM continues to punch out quality race results.