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April 14th, 2007

Didn’t Break 25 Min, But Got New 5K PR

I had another 5K race today and my goal was to break 25 mins. The weather was cold (about 42F) and windy. Last Saturday was the same, but during the week, the weather was perfect. The cold fronts are just waiting to move in when I have a race :-)

Unfortunately I wasn’t successful in meeting my goal, but I still managed to walk away with a new 5K PR of 25:16, 15 seconds faster than last week’s 5K. I know a sub-25 is within my reach today, but I think I really need to get a handle on my pacing. For the first 3 miles, my pace was 7:27, 8:25, and 8:37 respectively. I still had to take a few brief walking breaks.

I think I need someone to pace me the way there are pace groups in marathons :-). My forerunner has a virtual partner. I’ll read up on it to see if it’ll work for my purposes.

Posted by derek in Races

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6 Responses to “Didn’t Break 25 Min, But Got New 5K PR”

  1. Mike Horn says:

    Congrats on ANOTHER P.R.! The Forerunner’s virtual partner is pretty cool. I usually figure out what I want my splits to be and keep eyeing the watch through-out the run.

    Hmm… Maybe I should try the virtual partner during the next race…

    April 14th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
  2. Alex Gonzalez` says:

    I’m not sure what I am impressed with more, the fact that you are consistently improving your times, and hitting PR’s or the mileage you’ve been eating up. God Bless You and Congrats!
    I’m doing a 5K next week. It’s a race that I did back when I was a serious runner and trophied. That ain’t gonna happen this time ’round, but trying the master the art of sustained anarobics in a 5K is very challenging for sure.
    Keep up the great work!

    April 14th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
  3. George(gripperm) says:

    You are a PR machine

    April 14th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
  4. frasi says:

    Hello, from Spain.

    My name is Frasi Fernandez. i am runner from spain. the next year i hope to run the boston marathon

    April 17th, 2007 at 9:43 am
  5. Dave says:

    Derek,

    I recently came across your website and noticed your recent 5K performances. I’m no expert, but I can tell you that it looks like you are running too fast on your first mile in these races. A 5K is a fairly short race, so it is surprising to me to see such a difference in your pace per mile for these events. I think if you took it a bit easier for the first mile that you’d find you’d have a lot more gas through the race. A slightly slower start might lead to an overall improvement in your average pace for the event and I bet you’d hit sub 25 in no time at all.

    August 13th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
  6. derek says:

    I know I ran the beginning too fast. Pacing is something I am terrible at and I need to work on.

    August 14th, 2007 at 6:01 am

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