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I ran not one, but two races last week (both 5Ks) – on Memorial Day my time was 32:35 (my best time so far), then on Saturday I didn’t do quite so well… 33:18. The first mile went really well – my pace at that point was under 9 minutes, but then I just lost steam around the 2.5 mile mark. Oh well – got another one coming up in three weeks, so my immediate goal is to work on short stretches of sprinting inbetween my normal pace. I’d love to get under the 30 minute mark for this next race, but it’ll be tough.

This past Saturday I ran my first 5K since September. While I didn’t do as well as I hoped, I did much better than last year. My best time last year was around the 36 minute mark. On Saturday, my “gun time” was 33:50 (the time from when the gun sounds to when you cross the finish line). This race didn’t have chip time (the actual time from when you cross the starting line to the finish line), but it would have shaved another 30-45 seconds off my time.

Even more important than the time, I only stopped to walk at the water station – in the past I’ve always needed to stop a few times to walk. And I wasn’t nearly as tired at the end of the race as I have been in the past. So I know I can push myself harder next time and hopefully break the 30 minute mark.

Update: I finally found the official results online, and my official time was 33:39. More importantly, I finished 194th out of 372. Which doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it puts me right in the middle of the pack – in the top 52%. In comparison, my best finish last year was 125th out of 156, which put me in the bottom 20%. So definitely an improvement 🙂