NoHo 5K Plus Four — Tue. June 17

Finally made it to my second one of these, and truly it couldn’t have been a nicer day for it. Low 70s, perhaps, during the day, but by 6:30 it was cooling, with dryish air, and sunny. There was a very good turnout, not surprisingly. Ivan (and his boss!) there, and also among others the fast red-shod chap from the Granby 10K, Bill R from the snowstorms, and lots of other familiar faces. I parked by the boathouse and ran up there, nice two miles, then jogged about a bit. Fast start, pushed a bit and had fleeting memories of Downside starts; then steadied and headed down the first shaded hill; Redshoes passed at a steady clip, and I thought I’d try and keep tabs, but his pace was inexorably quicker than I could keep; Bill R went by at a heck of a lick after a slower start, totally smoked me and I didn’t see him again. The first mile was okay (6:02) but I was already feeling it in the second (6:21)–folks who’d passed me were now out of sight and I was running solo. A bit confused about route at one point, but I was on track. By the third with the uphill to face, I just didn’t want to lose another spot; I was struggling to recover after the hill, but quite strongly enfin; only near the end (after a 7:05 mile) did I hear someone closing, who like me pushed as we entered the last straight. Somehow I had a sprint on top of the push and I blasted the last 100 (finishing with 12 mph for the last 0.2 miles). Here’s the digivice time:

Time: 19:57
Distance: 3.09 miles (Digivice)
Speed: 9.3 mph

Took a while to catch my breath, but felt good. After brief eats Ivan joined me for the run back to the car for another two miles. Those two runs combine thus:

Time: 32:30
DIstance: 4.1 miles
Speed: 7.57 mph

Comment: If it’s confirmed, a sub-20 time would be very nice. Again it was harder than I remembered, but I *know* I can do more. Just got to keep working up to it. And I >think< I match Bill R, though he was on track for sub-19. We'll see.

Tag: perfect match