5k in 19:46.47 (6:22 pace)
Splits: 5:50, 6:45, 7:11 (6:30, 0:41)
Place: 45th overall
43rd of 827 men
12th of 129 M25-29
Age-graded PLP: 65.24%
Compare to 12/11/10, 12/13/08, 12/8/07
Two women, six kids ages 15-17, and one dude who was 51 all beat my time. The third-place girl also crept up on me in the middle of the third mile. I didn't see her but could tell by her breathing that it was a chick, her huffing was high pitched and shallow...plus a spectator yelled some encouragement to her, saying she was in third place, and that confirmed it was a girl. When we turned the final corner she tried to pick up the pace and push past me, and I'm glad--it gave me some motivation and I kicked into a higher gear when I might have otherwise just coasted. Halfway down that last stretch I caught sight of the time clock, and that's when I knew I'd achieve my goal. I crossed less than half a second ahead of the girl, might have peed myself a little, but broke my PR and felt pretty damn good about it. Stronger than ever, faster than ever. More work to do.
Except the world-record holder finished the race in the time it took me to run the first two miles. Holy crap.
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