The downhill start got me off fast, I had not seen the rest of the course to know what to expect. MAYBE, I could have dug in and taken a few seconds off my time. I counted 7 ahead of me at the start, then 8 or so. Briefly I had begun to gain on the guy ahead of me when he slowed but then he picked it up again and I decided not to chase, I had noted a female gaining on me and she must have kicked in some at 2.5, I heard her gaining, but she also moaned a bit so I wasn't sure she would take me, she passed really smooth and fast on the last stretch-turned out to be the Women's overall winner so I guess that's cool. At .1 I heard cheers and heavy footfalls behind me so I kicked in and sprinted hard-turned out I was racing a teenage girl-I beat her lol but that got me a time I was happy with.

Not real sure, I ran pretty good for me and very close to my last 5k, 1 second off my previous PR

1 bottle of water, pace a bit, find my jacket then stand around and stay warm waiting for the awards and watching the Kids races


I have had some knee/ITB pain and some pain in my right foot. I didn't really notice them during the race but they were on my mind, I have backed off recently to avoid this becoming an injury leading up to my marathon in December. I could probably have dug in and done better but it wasn't worth hurting myself


I like the small town local races, I can be competitive in these. Compared to McKinney, Plano, Dallas where I end up as a slow FOP or fast MOP runner.