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5th Annual Big Smiles 5K

July 2, 2017 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: Low 70s, sunny

Comments:
I came back to New Buffalo to run the Big Smile's 5K for the 5th year in a row. I was actually told by the race director (who was New Buffalo's best runner of all time) that I was one of only 10 people to the run the race every single year.

Coming into this year, I really wanted to win and apparently everyone who I talked to before the race were thinking I would as well. But unfortunately, the curse continued and I got 2nd place. So now my placings in the last 5 years have been 2nd, 4th, 2nd, 4th, and now 2nd again.

The race started off pretty reasonable. It was just me and some dude from Miami of Ohio. We went through the first mile in about 5:!7, which is slowly than I normally go out. I actually felt like i was going slow for the first mile. We were running side-by-side for the first 2 miles. I tried making a move at 1.5, but I could not shake him. My legs started to feel fatigue and he got a lead that I was never able to catch up to.

Towards the finish, he actually took a wrong turn and for a second, i still had a chance to win, but even if I did it would've have felt right. I crossed in 17:01 which I guess is a course best by 3 seconds lol.

Overall, I wasn't extremely satisfied with the place or time, but also at the same time I'm super disappointed. I just came off the longest weekly mileage I've ever done before and my technical road rave 5K PB is only 8 seconds faster, so it's not too shabby comparatively. It's early in the summer, so there's still a lot more to come.

Also I warmed up a little over 3 miles and cooled down 2 for a total of 8 miles. So not a bad start to the new week.