I ran 26:42. I was hoping to be in the 25s, but it was not to be. This was my PR so I am pleased in that regard. The plan was to be at 8:30 at 1 mile, 16:00 at the second mile and run that last part of the race at a 9 mile pace.
I largely carried this out through mile two (around 16:15), but I just ran out of gas in the last part. I did not feel real fast in that first mile and expected I was expending more energy than I wanted to for the first mile. The weather was perfect, but it was odd course. It was back trails through this park. Turf was a mixture of concrete, gravel, dirt, and loose dirt. Also, the organizers had to work with the course available, but it was not quite 5K. My friend had his GPS watch with him, and he measured the course at 3.18 miles. Not that it would have got me into the 25s, but it was a bit long.
I do know I can put together a 5K race to run in the 25s (and faster in years to come), but I need to increase my training distance. I never run more than 3.5 miles in training. I plan on making a weekly long run where I steadily up my distance to around 10 miles. Also, I am ready to add some speed work and other aspects of training into my routine, not just run 3 miles 3-4 times a week.
All things to work on. That is a fun part of it. Looking forward to years of running. Results are here. I did get 3rd in my age division. Of course, there were only 4 men in my age division.
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