Community Day 5K

Before the race, the race director said to me that this was a PR course. He asked me if I was going to get one today. I told him, "I'll try."

When the race was started, I found myself going slower then normal. I don't know why I was doing that. I asked myself, "What am I doing?" After that, I picked up my pace. I started passing runners around the half mile.

I was running a fast pace and holding it. Times were being yelled out at the mile. I passed in 7:59. My goal for the second mile was to pass the two women in front of me. I started to reel both of them in. I passed both of them before hitting 1.5 miles. My next targets was a couple of boys and teens. I keep steady and I was getting closer to them. I passed them after crossing the two mile mark in 16:24.

My goal for the last mile was to hold my pace until the end. If I could do that, I would have a new 5K PR. Just ahead of me was a guy and another teen. I caught up to and passed the guy. The teen wasn't as easy. I ran behind the teen for a while. We turned left around a corner and he stayed on the right side of the road. I headed to the left side of the road. I was ahead of him until we started up a incline. It was then I heard many footsteps behind me. I didn't turn around for I knew the group I passed around two miles was coming to get me.

The group of 4-5 passed me with .25 miles to go. I was hanging with them until they found another gear. I couldn't keep up with them. I let them go. I finished the 5K in 25:45:74. I was 45 seconds off of a PR. I was 30th overall out of 94 or 95 runners and finished third in my age group. Even though I didn't get a PR, I was still pleased with the 5K. I was very happy with the way I ran the first 2.5 miles of the race. I want to be able to hold onto that pace for the last half mile of the race. That is something I will definitely keep working on.