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5k

July 4, 2008 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 65, cool

Comments:
I was planning on running a 4 mile race today, but the store I am working at was sponsoring a 5k so my boss gave me a Fleet Feet jersey and told me "Wear this, run fast, be nice to people." I had to wake up at 5:15 to help get stuff ready for the race and the actual race was at 8. At least I got paid and didn't have to pay an entry fee. Ran 17:23, which is all right for now. It was harder than a tempo effort, but definitely not a race effort. The course wasn't marked well so I cruised pretty steadily until the last 200m when there was a turn to the finish line. There was a guy with 30-40m on me at the turn, so I thought what the hell and tried to catch him. He got me by two seconds, but I think i ran that 200 in at least 30, which means I still had some left in the tank and some turnover.
I registered as Quenton Cassidy and they messed up my age, but here is the link to the result.

http://www.premierraces.com/results08/WestervilleRotaryRunOverall.html

I might do one or two more races this summer. I don't feel like they will burn me out and are good gauges of fitness. Shake out tonight, long tomorrow.