Francis Farm 5K - Run5k

I was able to keep a pretty good pace, although I did falter a bit in the last mile, uphill. I felt good about holding my pace, even as a teenager used me as a pace bunny for a while, then went out ahead. I caught him at the start of the incline, and was able to drop him with about half a mile to go. I didn't chase, just maintained my pace and he couldn't hold it.

Same as it ever was: I need to spend more time on hills. I'm in the process of "doing it differently," having recently joined our training club for weekly hill workouts in addition to the weekly track ones. The hill workouts suck so vastly much that I trust they'll pay off later. Damned well better.

Walked around quite a bit, occasionally grabbing a bit of banana or orange. Did some more stretching, this time a bit more intense. That always feels good after a run, especially a hard one like this.


I was hampered only by my inability to run faster. Between the track and hill workouts, continued strength training, and multi-sport, I think I have some improvements to make before I start dropping off.


After years -- decades, really -- of being a couch potato, I started running in September 2006. Since that time, one of my far-off goals has been to break 20:00 in a 5K. 6.5 years later, I finally did that yesterday. Who knows how much faster I can get, but that was a really good hard run. I put it all out there, and almost hurled at the finish line. But didn't, which was nice. That was probably about as much as I could give, and it felt great. Next stop: 19:00!