Had to wake up super early to get over to coaches house so we could get up to enterprise. We got up there and kinda wandered around and found some restrooms in a church and when we came out everyone was gone... thats when we figured out we were supposed to get on the buses (which i thought were from schools) to get drove up to the start of the race. Luckily we found a ride up there but we only got about a quarter mile in for warmup. Before the race coach told me to stick with byron and abel for at least the first mile so i did my best to do that. I started the race and i had forgotten how fast you actually run for a race. But i stayed with them for almost the whole first mile but dropped off right before the marker with a about a 5:20 pace. The second mile definately felt slower than the first but i had told myself that i was going to at least keep up with matt for the race. I stayed with him the second mile but he slowly got a little farther ahead. I made sure not to let him get too far ahead and picked it up towards the end of the 3rd mile and was catching matt and ended up finishing just 2 seconds behind. I forgot how fast 5ks go by it felt way faster than last year. i dont really know how i feel about the race because i felt like i was running a faster time than i got but i also kept up with matt which was one of my goals of the race and what i try to do all the time. But i think this race helped me get back to being able to push myself again. PM Went up to coaches house and did an easy three out in the heat. felt better than i thought i would after racing. |