Race Report

So I ran the Run for the Bear 5k on Sunday. I would say I had a good run. I was still plauged by a side stitch that actually caused me to have to take a 15 second walk break. I managed to come in at 26:05 (adjusted down 3 seconds to account for starting 3 seconds back from the start line). That's 10 seconds off my PR. The rationalization, however, is that this course was hilly, and had a hairpin turn-around. My last race was won by a guy who ran it in 17:33. This race was won by a guy who ran it in 18:45 or something. I think that if this course was a minute slower, and I was only 10 seconds over my PR, that on a flat course I would have shattered that PR. This was my last race this year. I will tell you all this much, I WILL be destroying that PR next year. I want to get down to a 20ish minute 5k. I'm going to be logging a lot of miles this winter both outside and on the dreadmill.

Thanks again to the family for coming to support me. I hope your first small race experience was fun. It's not all that exciting, but when you get up to something like the Chicago Marathon where there's 1.2 million spectators, it's a lot more fun.

Oh...and I clocked in at my lowest body fat percentage yet today. 19.3! I'm .3% off being "average"!!!!