I ran my spring race on Sunday, the blue jay 5k. The course winds around campus, and doesn't have any serious hills, though there aren't really any flat sections to speak of. It's all either going slowly up or slowly down, though in some spots it goes down pretty quick. I was shooting for running the first 2 miles evenly at 5:20 pace, but that didn't really happen. I ended up going out too fast and having a sluggish 2nd mile. First mile was 5:09, but the 2-mile was (supposedly) 11:30, which implies that I hit a 6:21 2nd mile, which I find hard to believe, because I really was trying. My final time was 17:56, which makes my 3rd mile look way too fast. I ended up 6th overall, and I got 1st in the 20 and under age group. Got a $25 gift card to Applebee's for it, which was cool. My parents were there w/ my brother too, to cheer me on, which was awesome. Sam randomly showed up, and so did some friends from church. It was pretty nuts.
There was a guy there who ran the race last year as well, with a Falls Road Racing Team jersey on. He has beat me both years now, but he doesn't seem like he's fast enough to be a sponsored runner. Maybe he's only partially sponsored to run, and actually has a "real'' job.
Boy was I worn out after my race...haven't felt this tired in a while. I really ran hard, and yet I still came nowhere close to the 17:00 mark that I was shooting for. More threshold workouts are needed, faster paces yet still.
I think I had too much ice cream in the days leading up to the race, and as delicious as it is, I really don't think that it made for very good quality fuel to run and train on.
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