Maybe I will. maybe I won't

Race information

• What? Resolution Run 5K
• When? January 1, 2018
• How far? 5K
• Where? Seattle, WA
• Website: The Website
• Strava activity: Strava link

Goals

Pictures

• Getting beat

Splits

Training

It seems like no one really uses this sub, but I wanted to post a report just for posterity sake. So I won't go into a ton of detail though.

I have a 50K coming up, and have been using a a Pfitz plan as a baseline but lengthening long runs and doing a lot of hilly runs to prep. Thought it would be fun to see if the training has paid off. I actually pulled my hamstring last summer, so this was my first real training and associated race since that. Was nervous but excited to see how things held up.

Race

There is also a polar plunge type 5K going concurrent with the regular 5K. So the crowd was quite large, with a majority of people taking a pretty casual approach to the run. Which is great. But it made the start a bit tight, and ultimately delayed around 10 min for people to get to the start from the bathroom. Also lot's of people placing themselves poorly in the chute.

All that said, the starting road was wide enough that things settled down quickly. My goal in this race was to take it out in a measured way. The last couple of races I have gone out far too hard. So the goal was to find that sustainable but hard pace and hold it.

There really isn't much to say about the race itself. I was surrounded by some 10-13 year olds at the start. Generally had a lot of congestion for the first quarter to a half mile. People were going out fast and you could hear people breathing too heavy real quick off the line - I was hoping I wasn't one of them. A group of kids dropped behind within the first half mile but 2 of them stuck around. End of the first mile, people started to string out but it was a small cluster of me and two middle school age kids. First mile came in a hair under 6:00. I was happy as it was about the same split as my PR but was feeling a lot easier.

Second mile had a very slight hill. At this point the race really spread out and it was just the two kids from earlier. They were both fantastic, but had a little issue with consistency. Every time I tried to pass they found a new kick and would zip in front of me again. Moderate trip hazard but overall made it a fun second mile. Second mile of 6:11 was a little slower than I wanted but totally reasonable with my goals.

Final mile, we lose one of the kids. So its just me and 12 year old going back and forth. He is the crowd fav and gets cheers along the finish and features prominently in all of my race photos. Anyway, keeping an eye on my watch I start thinking its going to happen. Third mile comes in about the same as second - shit I might have paced this right.

Home stretch have a little kick, probably could have finished ahead of my friend but would have been made the crowd real unhappy, decided to leave 1-2 seconds on the course and let him take it (or at least that's what I'm telling myself). Final time 18:52. Pretty happy to PR by 30 seconds coming back from injury.

Post-race

Grabbed some post-race chili and headed home. Sights now to a 50K in Feb.

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