4.5 mi wu. I decided to do this little race with Amber & Jen. Jen needed a tempo run for her CIM training and Amber wanted a nice little STG tune up. I did not want to run alone so this seemed to fit the bill.;) I did not register because I did not really plan on racing. I was just there for moral support. Turns out the race was way smaller than I anticipated. They bussed us up to the start. We rode up to the 10k start and then jogged down to the 5k start. It was a gradually downhill course so I thought I could maybe break 20.
I kind of like racing without any pressure. I let Amber go out in front and ran a 6:23 first mile, I caught and passed amber at 1.5 and encouraged her to stay with me. mile 2 was 6:25, and the last mile was 6:22. I stopped after 3 miles because I wasn't registered and wanted to push Amber. I felt pretty good physically but got so dizzy in the last mile I was afraid if I didn't slow down I would pass out. This weird brain fog happens to me whenever I run fast lately. Oh well it was good to push myself since I've just had no desire at all to move fast lately.
3 mile cooldown in the rain.
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