I started toward the back for no particular reason. Felt good to start, passing quite a few people. Maybe took off a bit too quick, I don't know. During the flat section I started to overheat a bit. Dumped some water over my head at the aid station. Finished up the hill to the school and one lap of the track. Probably the only thing that pushed me was a guy I had a bad business deal was in the race and I didn't want to lose to him. Unfortunately that was my only goal (added at the start) and although I accomplished it, I was still slower than my last 5K and about the same pace as the 10K last weekend. The guys a real schmuck so it did feel good to beat him.

This race was added at the last minute because it had a 5K walk that Connie could do and it supported the high school track team. Not a race I had planned on doing to set any personal records.

If this was a race I wanted to PR in, maybe not run 6 miles the day before, or not work in the yards the afternoon before. Or maybe hydrate properly instead of getting into the barley pops last night.

I probably need to work a bit on runs at higher humidity and temperature. Wasn't real hot, but hotter than I have ran in for quite a while and the humidity was up.

I enjoyed the morning and I guess thats all I could ask for.

Got some water and waited for Connie to finish. We left as soon as she was done. We had a full day planned and didn't want to wait around for the awards.


Probably started out a tad bit dehydrated.


The times are off my Garmin. I didn't wait for the times to be posted and I don't think they are posted on line. At least I haven't been able to locate them.