AM... [R] Race for the Cure 5K 17:02 (5:29 pace). Was 4th overall, 3rd in Division. I knew that I didn't have much anaerobic capacity, but that didn't stop me from going out in 5:08--a bad idea. I basically trailed Steve, Nate and Darrell by about 10m and tried to maintain that contact for the first mile to not completely be out of the mix. I would have been smarter to stick to my original plan and just try to run 5:20 pace straight through. Based on my workouts if I would have tried to run even I probably could have held pace. Instead, by going out to fast I started going anaerobic fairly early on and just had to hold things together for the last 1 1/2 miles. Last two miles were 5:35 and 5:46--nothing special at all. I caught Darrell around 1 1/4 and we pushed together for another 1/4 or so until I surged ahead. Darrell caught me with about 1/2 mile to go and I just didn't have anything to push any harder. Was a good workout, but need to run smarter when I don't have any anaerobic conditioning. Ran 3 miles warm-up and another 3 3/4 cool down for a total of 9.85 on the day. | 