The event was a small charity 5k/10k and most people were doing the 10k. Only one other competitor was out to run the 5k the way I was. We set out even for the first mile but then he started taking off on me. I picked up with him for a while but reading his style I knew he wasn't just surging to keep me behind him, so I let him go and was alone to run my own race. I would have like to have had someone around to pace/push me, but the leader kept picking it up and the next person behind me was at least a minute back. Mile 1 was the only mile marker, so after that I didn't really know where I was at and when to try to kick a bit more. I don't really have a 5k strategy anyway, so I felt like I picked it up a bit when I thought I was around mile 2 or a little later and then held it pretty steady through the end. As soon as I finished running I was fine, as if it hadn't even happened.

Better pre race nutrition and push harder for negative splits.

The race forced you to scavage for food. They had it but not on display. You had to go around to different booths and ask for it. weird. Even the water was hard to tell if it was for the runners or not.


Guts


Nice low profile race if you need to throw something something offical or want to be around a race atmosphere, but being the small college run charity event it is as organzied as you would expect.