I had a good week of running. With the first 5k of the season coming up Saturday. I ran Sunday, Monday and Wednesday. I took off Thursday and played golf. Golf had some good and some bad hits in it but I finished with two pars on the front nine. It was a great week as far as weather goes.
Saturday morning was cool and damp, with spotty drizzle around the area. In the past, I used to start way back in the pack and I wasted probably 20 seconds just getting to the starting line once the race started. I decided to move up to the middle and really push to break 30 minutes and set a new PR.
I took off at a pace I have never ran at, but I was determined and the atmosphere of the race really had me pumped up. When I hit the first mile they called out 9:25, I was a little nervous at this point. I wasn't sure if I could keep up the pace. I started to run with a guy and we chatted about breaking 30 minutes. That did it for me and I took off and at 2 miles I was at 18:30. I decided to put the pedal down and run as hard as I could. As I was headed for the finish my son and wife were cheering me on but they did not know the time and I could not see the timer at the finish. As I got to the finish I crossed at 28:47 breaking my goal and setting a new PR. This is unofficial as they have not posted the official results online yet.
This has fired me up to run some more races and up my training a bit. I'll run on
Sunday and see how the week unfolds. Until next week.
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