Since we’ll miss this year’s Redlegs 5k, we decided to give the River Run 5k a go. It’s a nice course through Newport with a trek into Cinci on one bridge and then a return back into Kentucky on another. After making it through the Pig’s 10k and not dealing with any pain this year, I had hopes of running my best 5k in several years. But then there was the heat. It turned out to be a record setting day of heat pushing into the mid 90’s (in May!), and at race time in the morning it was already up to 80 with a blazing sun. It also turned out turned out that the course was a lot hillier than I expected. The temperature and terrain worked together to completely drain you in short order. But I pushed through and somehow managed a decent time. Although I’ve been clocking much better practice runs I finally beat a 10 minute pace in a race, and stripped 22 seconds off my best 5k of the past three years. I really look forward to my next run in kinder conditions – I should finally be able to smash that 30 min mark.
| Time | Pace (per Mile) | overall place | division place (M 15-99) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30:50 | 9:57 | 314 / 871 | 175 / 295 |
