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Post by Jon Adams on Jan 24, 2010 9:56:03 GMT -5
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Post by Justin Parker on Jan 24, 2010 11:58:10 GMT -5
Well, after the first full week of training I've gotten since a month before H2C, I was feeling pretty pumped up and wanted to get back out on the road. There was a 10k in B'ham (I'm pretty sure Hallie ended up running it), but I wasn't sure I could finish one without falling apart. Instead, I drove down to Pratville to the closest 5k I could find.
It's funny to me that I actually won, because leading up to the race, I kept trying to mental prepare for ignoring everyone else early on and just focus on maintaining a solid pace, yet I was in the lead within 400 meters of the start. Two guys sat on my shoulder through the first mile and I gradually pulled away from them over the course of mile 2 then maintained that lead through mile 3. I think I ended up about 15 seconds them.
Overall, I'm fairly satisfied, my goal was to break 18 and I ran a 17:59. It wasn't a certified course and not having raced sinced August, it's hard to judge my effort level and say if it felt too short or too long.
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