Run For Your Colors 5K Trumbull
Finish time: 25:07 Pace ~8:05
Mid morning race, 10 am start time, 79F, sunny and light breeze.
Flat course on bike trail and park, with one small hill at turnaround point.
Splits:
1) 7:18
2) 8:00
3) 8:54 (Based on 9:47 from mile 2 to finish)
A new race, relatively flat course. Small field, about 50 people.
Even though the course was shaded, it got hot by 10:00.
I did a very easy 1 mile warm-up since I did not want to raise my core
temperature more than I had to.
The first mile was a bit fast (not sure if the marker was right) and things
seemed okay through mile 2. A few people passed me at mile 1 but the field
was pretty spread out and I ran mostly on my own, with people maybe 50 meters
ahead of me.
At the 2.5 mile mark, I felt quite hot, so I walked for 20 seconds to catch
my breath (I timed it exactly) and at that point, 2 people passed me.
I started running again and finished 14th overall and got 3rd in my age group
(no chance of catching the #2 spot).
This was not a competitive field, and my time was relatively slow, but I put that
down to the heat, I can't run fast in hot weather plain and simple.
So, a good effort. I think that the course might have been a bit long, but
it was hard to map it on Google map due to the loop through the zoo, so I put
this down to a good tempo/fun effort.
However, nice to get a medal and a shirt.
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