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Widener 5k

April 19, 2013 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 70s humid

Comments:
Not really sure what to think about today. Trying to stay positive about my race today but its hard to keep negative thoughts out when I ran so bad. i've been feeling pretty run down the past 2 weeks which i figure is due to the consistent hard weeks of training. i havent really been doing any 5k training but i still figured id have enough base. I ran a negative split 15:48 in the beginning of February and it felt easy back then. after i finished indoor with an 8:55 3k i figured i would easily be able to get under 15:20 in outdoor.(lol). today I could tell by the 2nd lap that i wouldn't be able to hold pace. the 1k was 3:02 and 4:54 at the mile but i was already fading off. There really are no excuses- this was the pace i wanted to go out at. I hate to think that im an "inconsistent racer" but after today i don't really know what else to say. I keep thinking that rest might be an answer- ill prolly take 1 day off. but I dont want to just stop running hard because i feel run down- im not injured, just fatigued from training. perhaps i just have to be patient and run through it. really trying not to over think this race too much because sometimes theres really nothing behind it. The worst part is that this whole season I kept telling myself that 5k was the best race for me- maybe it still is but today it certainly was not.