I don't do well with 5ks. I just don't seem to know how to start them off and by the time I am wound up we are done. Had a decent warm up, but as we went off, I was being passed left and right. Now it was clear that most of the folks were going way to fast and I didn't worry but maybe I should have. About a half mile in I settled into a good pace and started moving forward. Had someone come up beside me and I paced with them over the top stretch and things were going well. Hit the mile 1 marker and started thinking about the fact it seemed later than previous years and then i looked up and my buddy was gone opening up a nice gap. I got working down the back strech and was a bit pertrubed about the fact I started off too slow and lost my pacer cause I drifted off. I went hard down the back stretch and caaught a few more people and ran a good second mile 6:45 to get back on pace but I actually had someonw pass me from behind just before the turn. Did the quick section and then back up towards the Y. This section was a long gentle uphill for about a kilometer or so. Worked at trying to catch the 3 guys in front of me who may have been in my age group, did a good job catching then and passing a few more going down towards the backroad to the finish. Got quite a surprise when just before the 3 mile point a 12 year old kid in a blue sweat suit cruises past me. I was impressed and I still haven't figured out how to sprint and lost a couple spots near the end.

Get way more aggressive and maybe do some speed work. If this were a 10K I would have been in great shape since I was just starting to feel strong at the end.

Walked around the Y to the gym, got some food and went and got Matt. Then chased him around the Y until the award's ceremony.


Being a long distance triathlete and just not having the right mindset for 5ks. But 3rd place in my AG and about 22 sec faster than last year.


Nice race. Great for an early season getting back into the grove race. Nice facility, they had a Kids Watch available during the race (which allowed me to do the race thanks to Adrian's detention). Nice relaxed and easy race and fairly flat course. One water station but they had it on the wrong side of the road but I don't drink in a 5k anyway so no big deal. Post race was cool and i won a door prize and got my 3rd AG medal in a row. I love long races but I never place, I don't like 5Ks and I've medaled in 4 of my last 5. Go figure.