Elvis 5K Race Report
Lake Hefner, Oklahoma City, OK
1/12/12
The wind was insane this morning, with the temperature around 40 degrees and wind chill in the lower 30's.
Nutrition consisted of 3 scrambled eggs and a waffle with butter and syrup 2 hours prior to race along with sipping water the entire 2 hours before.
I warmed up with an easy mile at an 8 minute/mile pace and did some short sprints to stay warm and keep the heart rate up. At the start, everyone was huddled together wishing the gun would go off sooner. The first half was straight into the wind (20-30 MPH from the north) which was knocking the handful of spectators and the photographer around quite a bit. There was a decent surge from the gun but EVERYONE slowed down when we realized we couldn't keep the pace up with the wind where it was. By the time I made it to the turn around I was pretty tired. The turnaround way a relief however with the force of the wind pushing us towards the finish line. It helped greatly with my negative split. I dressed in 3 layers on top, 2 on bottom, and gloves. I got very warm after turning due to the layers and the wind being at my back.
Run went good for the small amount I've been running the past 2 months. I've only logged about 30 miles since my 5K PR on Thanksgiving. My body felt alright but I need to build back up my mental toughness. My mid definitely held me back the last mile. My 1st pair of Newton MV2 racing flats came in the day before the race and I decided to try them out without a test run first. I loved them. They made my feet feel very lights and really force the mid-foot strike even more so than the endurance model.
Splits: 6:59, 6:51, 6:44, and a 6:15 pace the last 0.14 miles. My official time was 21:27 with a 6:55 minute/mile pace. I placed 17th overall and 4th in my division out of 124 male runners. This is the 1st of 3 in a race series that continues in February with 2 more races, and 8K and 10K.
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