Reindeer Run 5K

To be honest, the last thing I wanted to do yesterday morning at 6 am was get up and go running - but I did.  The starting line was just around 2 miles for the house, so I did a nice jog over there.  The weather was perfect, over cast and in the low 70's. I've only done one other recent 5K and I wanted to beat that time and create a new PR. Since I've been doing longer distances and consistent training (first ever half marathon is less than a month a way), I decided to go all out.

The start was, as always, hard swerving in and out of people but I settled into a nice groove at a pace that was way faster than I expected.  I finished the first mile at 8:17 and kept going at that pace.  I was even able to sustain a similar pace doing the second mile in 8:26.  At mile two I could tell that I slowed a bit but it wasn't getting me down because frankly I had already finished the first two miles more than a minute faster than expected.  The third mile, a little slower, but still good by me; 8:26.  Sprinted for a strong finish with :48 on the .1 mile (7:02 pace - would really like to eventually run that pace for the entire 5K). Had a final time of 25:49 and finished in the top 25% of the people there.  Good by me and working towards getting a lower and lower PR.