Afternoon Run

Evening Run

T+D = 103, cloudy, but unfortunately the wind didn't hold off completely at 10-16 mph.

This race was a reminder why I'm not a fan of the short distance racing.  Ugh, my lungs hurt so much.  My legs felt like they had more to give, but I just struggled to keep my breathing on point.  I was feeling pretty strong until I hit my first uphill which took a lot out of me.  I just tried to maintain focus throughout and give a best effort.  I do feel like if there were other competitors or spectators I might have been able to squeak a few more seconds off the time.

My previous PR was a 21:02, so this represents a 1:32 improvement in roughly 11 weeks of Daniels training.  That's roughly a 7.4% improvement which is outstanding!  A normal Daniels 10k improvement is somewhere around 2-3%, so I'm pretty happy about 7.4% from my actual PR.  I did estimate my current fitness at a 20:30 going into this race, but I can't be entirely positive on that accuracy (still would be a 5% improvement).  In addition, these three individual miles represent the three fastest miles I have ever run in my life at 6:02, 6:17, and 6:24.  My previous mile PR was a 6:26.

Something else to ponder.  I've run ~7450 miles in my running career to date.  My first 5k was January 2014 in 23:36.  My previous PR was a 21:02 in January 2017.  So in three years time, I dropped 2:34 from my 5k PR (or a 10.8% improvement).  I just dropped another 7.4% (1:32) in 11 weeks!!!  So, yea... Daniels 10k training works!

Happy with the progress overall.  A 19:29 5k is a 3:05 based on my race equivalency calculator.  So not quite where I want to be yet, but on the right track.

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