I didn't think I was ready for this 5k. Not only because I had not been running, but as we drove out of our driveway, I said that my stomach felt full and my head was hurting. I was also thirsty. I had Dr. Pepper (which I knew wouldn't be good to drink before the race) and water (which I did not want, not sure my stomach could handle it anyway) with me. I guess the adrenaline chased those feelings away. I did sip some Dr. Pepper, because I had to have something.
The first half of the race was into a light breeze that I could live with - I didn't like it at times, but I managed. Mile 1 was 7:19. Mile 2 - 7:37. Mile 3 - 7:48. The last 0.1 miles was 0:30. My total time was 23:14, for a pace of 7:30. To my amazement, this was my second fastest 5k, behind the September 2010 Houston County Fair 5k, which was in 23:06 (7:27). (For my own info, my fastest pace of any mileage was a 3.0 mile training run in October 2010, which I did in 22:11 (7:24).
I finished 36 overall of about 400 runners. I don't know how I did in my age group, which was 36-45. I've never seen a grouping like that, usually when the categories consist of 10 years, it is 40-49 or 41-50. I think their were quite a few people unhappy with the age grouping: 0-18 (someone complained their 10 year-old couldn't compete with an 18 year-old), 19-25 (why was this age group so tight - 7 years), 26-35, 36-45, and 45+ (which a 70 year-old didn't care for). The stats that were published do not give ages, so I couldn't determine my place in age group. The website also said that there were clock problems after the first 43 runners and only posted the results for the first 43 finishers.
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