Took off fairly fast, but not too fast. Made the turn off Main Street and hit the first mile mark at 7:21. Not quite as fast as I had hoped but ok. Nest mile and a half went well, pushed but apparently not hard enough. I was worried about saving enough to get up the hill on Buffalo Street and still have enough for the sprint down Main Street to the finish. I took my hat and gloves off but was still dressed a bit too warm for todays weather. I struggled with what to wear, and decided on a long sleeve wind jacket with wind pants. Could have gone without the jacket I guess. It was one of those days that the temp was ok, but was very windy so it felt colder than it was. I should have dress cooler and just had an old sweat shirt on that I could have tossed before the start.

Dressed more appropriatley for one. I think if you want to be fast in a 5K you have to train for the distance. I have been training for marathons in the fall and lately bike focused so not much speed work. Some hill training would probably help as well. But this is for fun so I am not going to lose any sleep over it.

Hung around and waited for the race to wrap up. Had some hot chocolate and a bagel and socialized with some old friends and some of my family that ran.


Not training for this distance and over dressing some.