Running of the Leopards 5k! I'm happy with it especially considering I did literally the opposite of what you're supposed to do the night before a race. I had a ton of brownies and stayed up until 2 in the morning because of the dance. Hahaha. Anywho, got about a mile warmup and a few strides. Got out alright, Diwas took off so I wondered if maybe I should have gone out harder? But I made my way up and caught back up to him by the time we exited This Is The Place. When we got to the post office and started heading up the hill I just tried to stay positive and keep myself moving. I hit 5:32 at the mile, then used the downhill and once I got to Foothill just tried to keep the pace going. Mile 2 was 11:27 (5:55). Then coming down Sunnyside I struggled a bit. I knew I needed to start picking it up but I was having a hard time getting myself to start pushing even harder. Mile 3 was 17:31 (6:04) and finished the last little bit in 39 seconds finishing with 18:10. First woman! Then cooled down a lot of grass laps with some guys and then some more (4.5 miles total). Then Bill, Diwas and I did Shriners run out 3.5 and back and added a little to get to 16 for the day. On the cool down I asked Bill about how much time he'd add to make it measurable to a flat 5k and he said that because the first mile had the uphill in it too it'd be pretty accurate about 5 seconds faster, then the second mile 5-10 seconds and last mile 10 seconds. The turn onto the track also slowed us down and the rocks and gravel right after did too. So that means for a flat 5k it would have most likely been 18:30-18:35, obviously it doesn't count but still is fun to compare. I worked hard though. If anything it tells you my 3200 on Tuesday was not even close to what I'm capable of. Hahaha I'm gonna kill it at Pine View. In both the 1600 and 3200. I'm ready for a great performance. | 