Broiling heat up in Santa Clarita, as I waited to implement Step 2 . A light warm-up before the race left me dripping sweat. Felt a bit nervous as I'd only run once without walk breaks and didn't want to reinjury myself.Gun sounded and off we went. The 5K followed a very festive, patriotic course along streets decked out with American flags for a parade later that morning. I latched on to several runners who looked more out-of-shape than I and let them pace me. They ran the first mile in 7:58. I slowed down and then hung on to finish in 25.04. This is a contemporary PR, a hair better than the 5K I ran in March .
Today's result was most gratifying since I've only been running again less than a month with zero speed work. Losing weight helped. (Since I committed two months ago, I'm down to 207) And a fairly flat course didn't hurt either.
A bit o' barbecue today with my darling wife, in-between working on a script.
A jolly 4th of July to all!
2 comments:
Great job, John. I slept in on the 4th, so I commend you for getting up on a day off and running in the hot weather.
Thanks Raul,
Seems many of our friends did the 5K down in Huntington Beach.
A long way to go for 3.1 miles.
Gas being what is.
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