Bearkat Bash 5k

 

Summary

Name	Bearkat Bash 5k
Location	Houston, TX
Start Time	9/21/2013 7:18 AM (UTC-05:00)		Category	My Activities:Running
Distance	3.17 mi		Time	00:21:02.0
Time Moving	00:21:02.0		Stopped	00:00:00.0
Average pace	06:38 min/mi		Max. pace	05:34 min/mi
Weather	Cloudy; 70.9 °F
Notes	This was my first race in about a year; a local 5k put on by Klein High School. Since I haven't raced in some time and the workouts I've been doing really haven't lent themselves to a good estimate of my fitness, I had no idea what kind of time to expect or how I'd be feeling with a hard effort. I very likely predestined myself as I walked from the parking lot to the start area. Some quick math, suggested 7 minute miles were too slow and 6:30 was too fast. So I settled on 6:45. I'd like to think that's very nearly what I ran because I'm so tuned in to my body. In reality, I think I ran 6:45 simply because I pre-programmed myself to do so. I likely had a faster time in me. Perhaps not significantly faster; just faster than what I ended up with. Running the race is good as it now serves as my new baseline for training paces. Other tidbits: the Overall Men's Masters winner ran 18:30. He is 62 years old. I won the 40-49 age group and received a small plaque. Somehow a 21:04 doesn't seem worthy of a plaque but I suppose it's representative of the field more than anything else. I also came in 15th overall. I believe many of those ahead of me were the high school cross country team. It was fun and good to be "back in the race". http://eztoregister.com/assets/Bearkat13.HTM# 5
GPS Track Points	245, average recording interval: 5.0s / 68.25 ft

Map: Street - openstreetmap.org (Mapnik)

Splits

No	Start Time	Start Distance	Duration	Distance	Average Pace
1	7:18:41 AM	0.00 mi	00:06:35	1.00 mi	06:35 min/mi
2	7:25:16 AM	1.00 mi	00:06:45	1.00 mi	06:45 min/mi
3	7:32:02 AM	2.00 mi	00:06:36	1.00 mi	06:36 min/mi
4	7:38:39 AM	3.00 mi	00:01:07	0.20 mi	05:42 min/mi
Totals:			00:21:02.0	3.17 mi	06:38 min/mi

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