Armed with a fresh pair of Nike Lunaracers I had a great tempo run on Monday with Fleet Feet and a good track workout earlier today. I'm feeling ready to PR my 5K this weekend. The goal at the Bucktown 5K: sub 19 minutes. This is a pretty aggressive goal for me, considering my 5K PR is 19:38 (set two years ago), but I do feel a lot faster this year. We'll see if all those track workouts and hard tempo runs will pay off.
Alright, so to go sub 19 I have to average a 6:07 pace. My game plan for the race will be to start out a little fast, settle into my goal pace, and then hold on until the end. I think my breakdown of mile splits will be 6:00 for the first mile, 6:07 for the second mile, and 6:15 for the last mile. I'll sprint out whatever energy I have left in the last quarter mile.
Hopefully I don't blow up before the end. Even if I start losing steam before the end of the race I should be able to beat my 5K PR easily so it should be a good day. I would be happy with anything under 19:30, but I'm still going to gun hard for that sub 19 finish time. Might as well go for it while I still can!
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