I ran the last race of the race series today. There was a light headwind at the beginning of the race so I didn't want to lead out. However, I quickly realized that the pace was too slow. I decided to just run with everyone else anyhow, and after 2 miles I threw in a short surge to test the waters and see who would follow me. Seth Wold was the only taker, and just before the 3 mile mark I sped up again, this time for good.
My splits are as follows: 5:36, 5:26, 5:27, 5:14, 5:12, 5:11, 5:09, 5:13, 5:06, 1:38 (5:05 pace).
1st half 25:10, second half 24:02, 5k split 17:02, 10k split 33:12-33:13 (not sure if it was one or the other), last 10k 32:10 (new pr), last 5k 15:59-16:00.
So, I felt like I could hold 5:10 pace forever, but when Seth made a move with just
under a mile left I felt like there was nothing in me to speed up at all, and 5:05-5:06 pace was all I could do. he came in 8 seconds in front of me, with all of it coming in the last mile.
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