started out on pace and felt great until mile 8 then I totally hit a wall. Tried to recover by slowing down then ulitmately walking but just got dizzy. Never really got the groove back. I sucked it up for the most part the last few miles but couldn't get a good pace again. considering a crappy 5 miles, I am pretty pleased with only being 8 minutes over my goal.

I probably should have done a couple more runs over 9 miles and I wish I would have paid more atention to my pace during training if I was going ot set a time goal for the race.

apple, banana, water and more water then walk the 2 miles bakc to my car. Probably the best thing I could have done, actually. I think the walk will save the lactic acid soreness tomorrow.


bad training, mental weakness.


I didn't look up more than 6 times, I swear. I really tried to stay focused and push myself instead of coasting through. I think I will do that in more races but try to actually try to push my speed to the max in more 5 and 10K races. I really want to see what I can do if I push myself to the max. I think every year I get faster and I limit meyself because I don't really push it.