Tom started running 7:15s and I was behind him by a few feet. There is a nice downhill and I knew it was OK to run a little faster than I wanted at that time. At one point early on, I told him we were running too fast at 7:15s. Made the turn and had no issues with the small rollers. Felt good when we hit the first mile, but I was afraid I'd blow up. Right turn meant an uphill and I tried to keep a steady pace. When we turned back onto Curtin and had a headwind, I tucked behind Tom and just stared at his legs moving to keep myself going. Lungs felt like the limiters over my legs. Started out chilly wearing capris, a long sleeved shirt and the FeXY singlet. Early in the race I was warm, but don't think I'd wear anything more or less.
Tom was a perfect pacer and didn't make me talk, but offered encouragement now and then. With the stadium in sight, we picked the pace up a bit. Turned left to run into the tunnel. I remembered to look around and take it in. I even said to Tom once we came out of the tunnel onto the field how fucking awesome it was. Finish line was on the 50 yard line.

Nothing. I wanted to break 25 minutes and did so by 1:36.
This is also a 5k pr by over 2 minutes. Really happy with how the race went.

We took some pictures on the field and around the stadium and ran a cool down back to the Nittany Lion Inn.


Nothing. Perfect race for me


Fun race that I'd do again. Weather is always a crap shoot, but it was for a great cause and ended in the stadium. What could be better? The roads weren't closed which sounded like more of an issue for Brad and the lead guys. It was a nice touch to have Franco Harris and Sue Paterno at the start line too.