Christopher Martins 5K New Haven
Warm-up: 1 mile easy
Net time: 24:04
Mid morning race, 54F, overcast & dry.
Splits: 1) 7:32
2) 7:51
3) 8:00
F) 0:49
I finished 24/97 in my age group, so decent effort.
Based on my experience last year, I did not want to get caught in the middle of the pack,
so I started towards the front of the group, which allowed me to get a good start.
The first mile was slightly too fast and I felt myself slowing down about midway through
the race. However, I figured I could still do okay if I paced myself going into the last
mile. I held on but I did not have much left in the last stretched, so a few people
passed me (mostly younger), but I figured that was okay for now.
Pleased with the net time, big improvement over 10 days ago.
The recent speed work helped to get back into race mode.
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