Participated in the 25th annual
Race That's Good for Life 5k race in Oak
Park this morning, just as I had in
2003,
2004
and
2005.
Near ideal conditions: sunny, no wind, temperatures in the 40s. I was afraid
my legs were a little too tired: I had some rest after the
Shamrock
Shuffle last weekend but did a 12 miler after work on Thursday and 9 miles
with two
Boston-bound friends
at
Waterfall Glen
-- 'hilly' territory for around here in Chicagoland -- yesterday morning.
So while I didn't feel all that fresh, I also managed to run a pretty silly
race of a way-too-fast first mile at 5:50 followed by 6:44 and 6:40 to average a pace of
6:19 minutes/mile with which I broke 20 minutes for the first time ever: 19:36. That's
50 seconds faster than last year, which was already a PR. Now I'm ready for
a nap ;-)
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