There was a 5k in Rogue River this morning. The plan was to race but for a number of reasons, decided on a last minute change of plans. I ran 13 miles for a warm up around the middle school, behind Fred Meyer and in front of Wal Mart to eventually end at the HS track. I wanted to hit a solid tempo and figured a sub-16 would be good given the long-ish warm up and solo race. Last time I did this I ran a 16:19 and I feel like I'm in much better shape this go around. Maybe it's lame to count this as a race report--I figured the only difference was I didn't pay the $15 entry fee and I know that this was an accurate course length. First mile in 5:00 flat with each quarter at exactly 75 seconds each. The effort didn't feel too tough but by 6 laps I was looking forward to being done. :) Second mile in 5:01. Again, all laps at 75 seconds except the first (fifth lap total) which was 76. I stopped looking at my watch as I fell apart on the last mile. I didn't want to get too discouraged as I could feel the pace slowing but couldn't do anything about it. Third mile in 5:06. Decent finish in 35 seconds for a 15:43 total. VERY pleased with the 'race' given that my PR is 15:40 and it was ran among tough competition at Lewis and Clark college in Portland in 2010. Jogged a slow cool down of 4 miles back to my house and drank a big cup of chocolate milk and other breakfast items. Pretty pumped for the race in 2 weeks at Willamette University. I was planning on the 10k but after today, maybe I'll reconsider and run the 5k instead. Either way, I'm looking to run a PR on a legit course.
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