AM 10 miles broken up by the race. I had to flag the grass portion of the course so it would be a true 5K. I did this running back and forth to the car with flags and cones. I only count it as 1 mile, but I did more just running from one side of the park and back is more but I was putting flags down and going back faster to the car. Finished 5 Minutes before the start. Just in time to put on a number, change shoes and head to the line. A couple of top runners thought we were going to head south counter clock wise around the park. I told them the way we were to go, but when the gun went off I decided to push out in the lead to make sure people went the right way in the parking lot. I wish I was fast enough to do that for a whole 5K. I've done it in some USATF kid cross country races, as a lead rabbit. The only thing bad about that is as the kids get older they get faster and I start worrying wow is this kid going to pass me. They usually start fast and taper and that's what I did today. 1st mile 5:18, 2nd mile 6:24, final mile and .1 6:58. Happy with the effort today, with the set backs of the week.
Ran 3 miles cool down with Dennis, then ran back to the finish another mile and ate pancakes. Finished by running back to the park and around once more picking up the flags and cones.
PM 10 miles on pipeline and 20 minutes in the river nice way to finish a Saturday.
Happy Fathers day to all. |