Name: Let's Go 5K
Date: January 30, 2010
Distance: 5K (3.1 miles)
Location: Bedford, Indiana
Course: Downhill on the way out, uphill on the way back (Click here to view course.)
Time: 28:09
Pace: 9:05
Place: 14 of 34
Division: 3 of 19
Results Link: Click here.
Weather: 17°, northeast wind 15 mph
Notes: I was looking forward to the first Let's Go race of the year because I wanted to gauge how my training was helping me. The course has a wicked hill in the middle of the last mile (due to length, not grade), so I had completed a training run the week before the race in order to have a psychological plan of attack. In my training, my fastest split was on the hill. However, the wind was unusually coming from the east, so it was in my face as I ascended. That slowed me down a little bit, but I still had a time with which I was comfortable. I probably went out a bit too fast, as well; my first mile split was 8:45—fast for me. I was also excited about the 2010 Let's Go 5K because Dad was participating. He finished in 46:03, a sub-15 min. mile pace. Way to go, Dad!
Photos: 14 — See below.