First off, it was a bit nicer to go on this one since it's basically the same setup as the Turkey Trot so I knew where to go when, etc.
I was hoping to break the 8 minute/mile mark and ideally hit like 7:30 which would put me head of one competitor from the turkey trot.
So...
The run went pretty well, though different. For one, it was my first race using my Tomtom watch and I hadn't actually used the "pace" function where I said I wanted to stay within 20 seconds of 8 minute miles. I figured it would beep at me if I was slower than 8:20. Once I actually started the race, it gave me a pace reading and I wasn't really clear if that was a current or average pace... But it started out under 8 minutes... Great!
But then there were a lot of 8 minute readings...
I think the race itself went as easy as any of them. I did push harder in that last mile than I have for the previous 5K's. Though this also seemed to mean that I didn't have that extra oomph in just the last block where I've passed people pretty quick. That last block or two I was seriously feeling the "Really? I have to go that far still? I'm seriously feeling like I need to stop!" But I pressed on at the fastest I could manage.
Sure enough, I still need to play with that pace function to see what I'm looking at, but it must be a reading of average cause looking at the results afterwards I was well over 8 minute miles other than the very start and then I dropped it considerably that last mile to I believe under 8 minutes.
End result?
8:23
So not exactly what I was hoping for, but really that's still a PR for me, so WOOT! And really... I've only been training for distance and most of those runs are in the 12 minute mile range. I think there has been one run in the 10 minute range. I had one interval session Tuesday with some speed. I was largely just picking a high number and hoping the distance training would translate to speed in a short distance. Not necessarily realistic.
I'm happy! Here I am right in front!
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