road running race 33:25 [5] 5.0 mi (6:41 / mi)
shoes: Pegasus 10/05
5 mile race in Hatfield, mostly flat, total climb about 80'. Nice day for racing, low 50s, no wind, light drizzle.
Did the best I could. Aerobicly I was just about right (had enough left to finish without fading, but no more), but the legs were hurting, mainly the quads. Don't know what I'm not doing right, they have been bothering me for a while now, whereas the usual bugaboos (hamstrings, caves, achilles) have been behaving themselves.
Time was a little better than expected. Ran a 5-miler in Amherst in late April in 33:45 when I was in better shape (and 6 months younger!), but it was a much hillier course. So I was hoping for under 35 for sure and maybe under 34, so the 33:25 was a nice surprise. But I worked hard for it, including having a guy closing on me in the last couple hundred yards, and my mind was conceding that he would pass me while my legs were picking up the pace. And he got closer and I picked it up some more and he got real close and it was an all-out sprint for the last 30 yards and I got him by about 6 inches. We are silly sometimes.
Splits: 6:31, 6:50 (slightly up), 6:50, 6:39 (slightly down), 6:35 (flat, except for 3 speed bumps...). Ran the race once before, 10 years ago, in 30:50. Best ever for 5 miles is about 29:30.