Around the World 5K - Wisconsin State Fair Park
Yesterday was race #19 of the season for me, and it was a mixed result. The good: I finished 4th overall out of 156 runners and 1st in my age group, and posted my 2nd-best time ever (18:46). The bad: I did not achieve my main goal of breaking my PR of 18:34.
I have a few excuses: 1) there was nobody pushing me; the 3rd place runner was way ahead of me and the 5th place runner was way behind me (like 40 seconds), 2) I was coming off a 53-mile week and my legs weren’t fresh, and 3) there were several 180 degree hairpin turns on the course which slowed me down.
All in all, it was a fun event. The race was held at Wisconsin State Fair Park and we spent much of the time running around the famed Milwaukee Mile, which is one of the oldest race tracks in the country. The weather turned out to be great…sunny and low-to-mid 30s. I just wish I could have run about 15 seconds faster!
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 11/18/2007
- Time: 09:00:00
- Total Time: 00:18:46.00
- Distance: 3.1 miles
- Average Pace: 6:03.27/mile
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