{"id":71,"date":"2014-03-08T21:56:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T03:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roadguru.com\/?p=71"},"modified":"2017-11-21T22:03:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T04:03:47","slug":"run4missions-5k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.roadguru.com\/?p=71","title":{"rendered":"Run4Missions 5K"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RUN-4-MISSIONS-2014-logo-for-publications-300x280\"<\/a>Today I ran my 3rd race of 2014, the Run4Missions 5K supporting the Community Church of Hendersonville, TN.\u00a0 The race took place at the Streets of Indian Lake and this is a fairly flat area so I went into it expecting to have a fast finish time.<\/p>\n

I’ve been running at the 29-30 minute 5K mark so I was hoping to do a bit better, and a bit better I did.\u00a0 The high for the day was expected to be in the low 60’s.\u00a0 The temperature at race time though was only going to be in the upper 30’s, so it wasn’t going to be a warm race.<\/p>\n

The race started at 8 AM and the weather was partly cloudy skies and 39 degrees.\u00a0 I started off feeling really good and was hoping to get the first mile in around 9 minutes.\u00a0 When my running app read off my first mile stats I was surprised to hear an 8:05 pace.\u00a0 Wow!<\/p>\n

When I hit the 1.5 mile mark I was at an elapsed time of 12:11 and I was thinking maybe I could get a 26-27 minute time!\u00a0 The last mile though was a bit rough.\u00a0 I could feel myself slowing down but at the 2.5 mile mark I did my best to keep going at my current pace.<\/p>\n

My second mile pace was 8:49 and my third mile pace was 8:52.\u00a0 I was a little more consistent those last two miles but that last half-plus mile was tough.\u00a0 My overall time (unofficially) was 27:16 and my fastest time yet.\u00a0 I was please with my time and afterwards I felt good.<\/p>\n

I recovered pretty quickly once I was done but I need to work on my finishing pace.\u00a0 I recently signed up as a member of a local running group, Nashville Striders, so I’ll be sure to reach out to the members there and see what I can do to get myself finishing races a bit stronger (and maybe even a bit faster).\u00a0 Next up is the St. Patrick\u2019s Day Kegs & Eggs 5K\/10K Supporting Special Olympics Nashville a week from tomorrow.\u00a0 I’m signed up for the 10K and the race course is in the Gulch area of West Nashville and that means hills!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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