Running Results - Hy-5K
I ran my first 5K since 1998 today. It was near my office because my employer was sponsoring it. Even with a 9am start the temperature was in the low seventies, a situation unaided by the complete lack of cloud cover or wind.
For some reason, my name and bib number (598) aren't up on the results page. I suspect that this is because they lost my registration and I had to redo it Friday, but the end result is that I don't have my exact times. I guess I'm a bandit! Fortunately, lots of my coworkers were there so I have plenty of witnesses. I did it, I swear! I do have my unofficial splits based on gun time from volunteers yelling them off at the mile marks. Since I started at the back of the pack I could probably cut approximately 10-15 seconds off each of these to get closer to chip time.
1 mile: 9:55
2 miles: 20:11
3 miles: 30:40
I walked a total of four times. The first three walks were less than a minute each and were just past the one mile mark, very briefly at the water station around the 1.5 mile mark and again for the third time as the 2 mile mark. The last was a longer walk at about 2.5 miles for a few hundred yards.
I spent most of the race 20-30 seconds ahead of the 10 minute pace sign, so these sound about right. The pace sign passed me during my last long walk, but from there I did a steady jog which turned into a sprint from the 3 mile mark to the end of the race. I caught the pace sign literally at the finish line. Regrettably, I forgot to look at the race clock as I crossed the line so that's an estimate.
I did know the names of some of the people I passed in that last sprint (I was booking). For instance, I blew past my coworker AB in the last 100 yards and she finished in 30:32 (chip). So I feel comfortable saying that I ran approximately a 30:20 (chip). Not quite under 30:00, but good enough considering that I only had thirteen training runs for a total of 29.3 miles from April 29 to race day. A little less walking and I crack 30 easily.
The next race is Sunday, June 10.
For some reason, my name and bib number (598) aren't up on the results page. I suspect that this is because they lost my registration and I had to redo it Friday, but the end result is that I don't have my exact times. I guess I'm a bandit! Fortunately, lots of my coworkers were there so I have plenty of witnesses. I did it, I swear! I do have my unofficial splits based on gun time from volunteers yelling them off at the mile marks. Since I started at the back of the pack I could probably cut approximately 10-15 seconds off each of these to get closer to chip time.
1 mile: 9:55
2 miles: 20:11
3 miles: 30:40
I walked a total of four times. The first three walks were less than a minute each and were just past the one mile mark, very briefly at the water station around the 1.5 mile mark and again for the third time as the 2 mile mark. The last was a longer walk at about 2.5 miles for a few hundred yards.
I spent most of the race 20-30 seconds ahead of the 10 minute pace sign, so these sound about right. The pace sign passed me during my last long walk, but from there I did a steady jog which turned into a sprint from the 3 mile mark to the end of the race. I caught the pace sign literally at the finish line. Regrettably, I forgot to look at the race clock as I crossed the line so that's an estimate.
I did know the names of some of the people I passed in that last sprint (I was booking). For instance, I blew past my coworker AB in the last 100 yards and she finished in 30:32 (chip). So I feel comfortable saying that I ran approximately a 30:20 (chip). Not quite under 30:00, but good enough considering that I only had thirteen training runs for a total of 29.3 miles from April 29 to race day. A little less walking and I crack 30 easily.
The next race is Sunday, June 10.