This was my third 5k this year and my fastest ever at 21:10. I was 5th in my age group, which put me out of the running for one of those cool glass mugs they give away to the top 3 in each age group. My dad ran this one too. He successfully reached his goal of sub 30:00 so double mission accomplished.
Since it is the middle of July, it was hot. 79 degrees according to the GCHS sign with some noticeable humidity. OK, I'll say it: I miss winter!
We had a bunch of people there from the Grayslake Running Club, so that was nice to have some people there that I know.
Flat course with only 32 feet of climbing.
Mile 1-6:36 I was trying to keep up with JR and Ricky, but 6:00 seemed unnecessary to me.
Mile 2-6:54 I would have liked to run these first 2 at 6:45 each, but they averaged out.
Mile 3-7:09 Not sure why I slowed down so much here, but clearly mile 3 is where I lost some time.
last .1-0:30
I was really happy to run a PR for this race because my schedule lately has only allowed for about 6.5 hours of sleep per night and it has really caught up to me. The night before the race all I wanted to do was sleep in. Not to mention the fact that my kids gave me their summer cold so it feels like I have a ball of phlegm in the back of my throat. OK enough whining for now.
It was a great race, but running in this heat really sucks.
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