Notes
Actually followed through in doubling back in the 5k this week, especially since Jake, Eddy, Mike Nickerson, and Tyler were all doing it. I knew this was gonna be tough, but it was really tough... feeling pretty tired before and it had gotten a good bit hotter. Thought I could run 78s in the best case, and that's what I came through the first lap in. I let the group go way too quickly, fell off a group that included Mike, Drewb, and Zach Rose right away. Not that fun a race... after the first lap I really thought I couldn't do it, but I was also very much against dropping out just because I felt bad, so I committed to sticking it out. After a few laps I figured that I could hang in the whole time, pretty much just hung off the group and tried not to lose ground, picked a few people off as they fell back. Not sure of splits but I think I must have been slowing down the entire way, want to say I saw 11:20 w/ 4 laps to go? I felt like the whole way I was constantly surging to try and stay near contact, but was actually slowing down regardless. Tried to start my kick with two laps to go and then closed in maybe ~75 to pass and hold off Zach Rose.
Heh, well this race was... something. Quite a slow time, only 1 second faster than my road 5k in March and I am presumably in better shape now... gonna bill it to the heat & doubling I guess. I'd like to think that I could run close to 16' flat at least in better circumstances. I do feel like I got something out of this race, it was tough but I'm glad I did it.