Upcoming 5Ks
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My next 5K (and first one for the season) is on Friday. I've walked this 5K the past three years so this will be my first year running it. I started C25K in May last year with the intention of running it with a friend, only to find out 2 weeks before the race she hadn't been running at all, so we walked it together. This year I'm running it alone. I think she might feel bad about that (she just asked me a week ago if I wanted to do it together), but this race is why I started running in the first place so this is my payoff.
I've only run one 5K start to finish, which was August last year. I did one in September where I took off way too fast and ended up walking the final mile. I did one in October with that same friend but at her pace (we ran about half of it). My only race since then was a HM 9 days ago. I am nervous about this 5K because the September 5K is still haunting me - that's the last 5K I tried to run competitively and I really botched it up. It's more important to me to run the entire thing than it is to finish in any particular time. Just need to go kill the hills.0 -
I have night race in Dunedin, FL on July 3rd/4th. Well, it's supposed to start at 11:25pm so I would hope to be finished before midnight, however with an estimated 1600 runners in just the 5K, I am guessing (hoping) they will have a wave start, so maybe not. Should be fun...i haven't done a night race in a while. I was semi-thinking I could get a p/r since most of Florida=Flat. But then I remembered that Florida also= humidity, so we'll just see how it goes.
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I have night race in Dunedin, FL on July 3rd/4th. Well, it's supposed to start at 11:25pm so I would hope to be finished before midnight, however with an estimated 1600 runners in just the 5K, I am guessing (hoping) they will have a wave start, so maybe not. Should be fun...i haven't done a night race in a while. I was semi-thinking I could get a p/r since most of Florida=Flat. But then I remembered that Florida also= humidity, so we'll just see how it goes.
I did a 5K last year with 2200 runners and they did not do a wave start. But it was chip timed.0 -
I have 2 5Ks coming up next month as part of the MRTC Summer RRS...I am going to try and PR the course on one of them. But the other one will have 8 extra miles attached to it so just going to go easy with it (both are at the same location and on the same course).0
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A flat, fast 5K for 4th of July. Hoping to get in under 26 minutes. My time to beat is 27:32 (also a flat, fast race, only 8 miles from the one I'm doing this Friday, the courses are pretty similar). That time is from last June, and I've done a half marathon since then, so I'm pretty sure I'll set a new PR
I'm just going to promise myself I'll enjoy the race, regardless of finish time!0 -
I am guessing (hoping) they will have a wave start, so maybe not.
I did a 5K last year with 2200 runners and they did not do a wave start. But it was chip timed.
This one will be chip timed...but that is still a lot of dodging at the beginning if no waves. Could be worse though. The one I did last year had 1200 people and was not even chip timed and we all started together. Plus they had a small chute at the finish that got very backed up so people started going around and messed up their finish card system. I heard they are chip timing this year. That was a disaster.0 -
Good luck!A flat, fast 5K for 4th of July. Hoping to get in under 26 minutes. My time to beat is 27:32 (also a flat, fast race, only 8 miles from the one I'm doing this Friday, the courses are pretty similar). That time is from last June, and I've done a half marathon since then, so I'm pretty sure I'll set a new PR
I'm just going to promise myself I'll enjoy the race, regardless of finish time! 0 -
Thanks for posting this Doug!
I'm actually not even signed up for any 5Ks right now but I am thinking about this one on October 5:
http://www.festivalofraces.com/
This is the U.S. National Master's championship. Based on last year's results I wouldn't have a shot at winning my age group but it would be exciting to race with some seriously awesome runners my age.
Okay, I signed up for this one! First time ever traveling for a 5k. Should be an interesting experience. Here are the top 5 times in my age group (45-49) last year:
15:29
15:41
16:25
16:33
16:41
Best case scenario even a huge PR (my current PR is 17:49) would get me about an 8th in age group. But I am still looking forward to the challenge and competition.
The brutal thing about this race is that the folks who place in the top 5 overall don't get removed from the age groups, because it is specifically an age-group event.
I've also decided to run in the sub-17:59 group for tonight's track 5000-meter run. This will also ensure me of not placing, but again, I hope to be pulled to a solid PR by a strong group of runners.0 -
My next 5Ks - In them to run not really compete.
5K Nun Run - Sept. 13, 2014
http://www.littlesistersofthepoorbaltimore.org/news-events/265-nun-run-flyer
Should be a lot of fun!! Little sisters of the poor sure are inspiring, and this is a great course.
5K in the Baltimore Marathon - Oct. 18, 2014
http://www.thebaltimoremarathon.com/
My time last year was something like 37 minutes. Want to go down to 27 mins (the Baltimore hills are killers, but will try my best).0 -
The hills are a killer for me too (in Baltimore city). Pacing is important. I use Mapmyrun or Mapmywak apps to work on my pacing. I'm at the 12 min mile in the last few tries. Hope it will build endurance for the real day, but I run around where I live and the hills are not as bad.0
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I have 2 races coming up...
Hot Chocolate 15K in Atlanta- 1/25
Sweetheart Run for Sight 5K- 2/140
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