did a mile wu and started to get pretty nervous for the race but i felt ready. the gun went off and i slid into the back of the pack cause i had heard the open race started with a 5:30 first mile and i didn't want to get caught close to that. hit 6:00 first mile which was perfect. 2nd mile i just kept trying to convince myself to stay with the girls and that if i didnt i would regret it. my whole goal for this whole race was a strong third mile. starting into mile 3 i decided to play the catching game and move up. i kinda just started going faster cause i like to build up a longer kick. all was well until the last 400, i couldn't really push myself to go much faster, but the real disappointment was my time, a little slower than last year. after post race tiredness i looked at my watch to see where my splits went wrong, but to my surprise my ap was 6:12, my goal pace about for this race. then i checked the distance and it was 3.25. sometimes my watch can be off but i found nearly everyone had the same problem and were unsatisfied with the time vs effort. so i know considering the course that technically 20:09 is my true 5k time, i'm happy to say off my pace i hit a 19:20 5k which was my goal and i know i gave that race everything i had. afterwards i cooled down 1.5 with watson and then we had the bus ride home which literally my legs did not appreciate.
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