New PR this morning, and chipped away a little closer to under 19 minutes. Before coming to Rochester I looked for a local race. I found one in Scottsville, NY, about 35 minutes away from my brother's house. Jim decided to run the race also. Nice morning out, starting out in the high 50's. But, the race didn't start until 9:00, still not too warm by then. Warmed up with 2.22 miles. I probably could have used a little more warm up because I didn't feel completely loosened up. Pretty good turnout for the race, I think about 200 people. There was a mix of high school kids and a wide age range of adults. I still had my garmin set for 1km laps instead of miles, so my splits are in 1km increments, except for the first mile where someone was calling out the times as we went by: - 1. 4:00
- (1 mile) - 6:17
- 2. 3:51
- 3. 3:58
- 4. 3:54
- 5. 3:33
The course was a trapezoid shape which started out uphill for the first km, followed by downhill, then flat, and the last km a steady uphill. Shortly after the race started the line spread out to pretty much the finishing order. But, for a good part of the last mile someone was close behind. With about a half mile left to go he passed me up and I was pretty sure he was in my age group but I either didn't have it in my or couldn't find it to kick up the pace to not get passed. I did however run the last km much faster than the rest. The guy beat me by 7 seconds. They had age group awards (10 year increments), with a medal and bottle of wine (if over 21) for the age group winners. Here is (the back of) my brother coming in to the finish line:
So, a good morning, a new 5K PR in a small town near Rochester on a somewhat cool August morning. Although, with some more 5K practice I should be able to get under 19 minutes soon. Now, off to the 25 year H.S. reunion BBQ! Oh, and here are the donuts I had after the race:
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