Ran in a local 5k this morning. Used it as a solid tempo run. Was hoping to hit right around 6:00 pacing and did. Went out what felt ok at first to get things moving. Then after the first turn passed the bunch that had gone ahead of me from the start (the ones who go out too fast). This put me in second. First was one of our former cross country runners (year older than me). Knew I wouldn't catch him, but happy to keep him in sight the rest of the way.

I got what I wanted in the good solid effort at 6:00/mile. This is a new PR after setting one a few weeks ago. Maybe one day I'll really race it, but keeping my eye on other goals now.

Wore the tri-shorts underneath as it was cold (32F). Think my tri-suits slow my running down. Didn't feel as loose as usual.

Watched other people come in. 1st girl wasn't too far behind, 19ish finish. A couple 12-13 yr olds (guessing) finished under 20 min. They were flying.

They needed some more people to run in the kids fun run, so I volunteered. I'm like Godzilla amongst 10 yr olds, and especially easy to see with the hi-viz gear on (gloves & vest). The kids bolted out at near 5:30 pacing, but quickly fell of the 8 or so within a quarter mile. Kept that up the rest of the way around. I just stayed with the lead group of 3 so they knew where to go.