The course is a big country block that starts and ends at Addison Middle School. The country block features a few hills. The start of the race was in the high 40s and windy. The winds were at 16 m.p.h. with gusts up to 25 m.p.h.
When the horn went off, I found myself in a clump of guys. We went down a huge hill and up another another hill together. Slowly, one of the guys started to break away. I was able to hang on to the other guy through 1.5 to 2 miles. I'm not really sure of the distance because no mile markers were indicted on the roads.
I thought I did well on the hills. It felt like I was charging up them. Not sure if I actually was. The wind was blowing into our faces on the second half of the course.
Also on the second half of the course, I passed a boy and girl that started out too quickly that were walking. I passed them, but I heard them talking behind me. A couple of moments later, they pass me running pretty fast. They started to build a nice lead on me, but then they would tire out start walking again. I ended up catching and passing them again. This happened one more time. I thought that the kids would have another run in them over the final stretch. I passed them once and for all heading up a long incline of a hill. I put my head down and tried working on turnover. I just wanted to climb the hill as fast as I could and make the turn to head to the finish line. Once I was up the hill, I went as fast as I could to the finish line.
I finished the race in 27:43. I was the 7th overall female and 1st in my age group. This is the second year in a row that I won my age group at this race. My finishing time is about a minute slower then last year's race, but I have improved my 5K times since the beginning of the year. My first 5K of the year was 31 minutes, my second was 29 minutes and Saturday's was 27 minutes. I'm running another 5K this weekend, I hope my time drops again.
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