Course was 2/10's mile short. Unfortunately not a true 5k.

First mile was the fastest and then it was trying to hold my HR as high as possible. It was a hard run but I still had some kick left in me at the end. At 2 1/2 miles I thought of Brett and his sometimes motto "if you don't puke at the end you didn't go fast enough". That kept me moving (but thankfully I didn't have to puke).

My overall place was probably about 15th or so. Be interesting to know for sure. One guy was riding my tail at the end and tried to make a move but I had just enough in the tank to pick up the pace before the last 200 yd. kick. He dropped quickly.

Maybe start a little slower but overall it worked out well. The second mile was slower but it was also somewhat uphill.

Went to my car and drove home.


I performed the best possible based on my current fitness level.


For $10 and a t-shirt I can't complain. Probably 150 people or so. But unfortunately there was no official timing system. Just someone reading off times as you crossed the finish and the course was short. GPS only shown the it as 2.9 miles but there was some sharp winding turns which can mess with the actual distance. Still for $10, a t-shirt, some decent coupons and a good LT test, it wasn't too terrible.