Huge 5k PR!

[Wines Not Whines]

I know, you don't usually see these posts on Fridays. An org I'm involved with sponsored a 5k today (and there were a good number of people there, like a few hundred). It's a difficult, hilly course. I rarely run 5ks, so there was a good opportunity for me to PR. I can't even remember what my old 5k PR was, but last year I ran this same race in 29:45. I ran it this year in 24:57.  


Thanks for all of the advice in the post below. I followed your advice and warmed up for about a mile with a slow jog, and tried to reign in my pace for the first mile. I definitely went out too fast, but I realized that when I looked at my Garmin, so I slowed down a bit to save my energy. The last mile was almost all uphill, which was brutal.

The same time last year would've won my age group, but this year I think I came in 4th or 5th. Oh well, I'm still thrilled with my time!

Side note: A couple of weeks ago, I decided one of my goals for this summer was to improve my 5k and 10k times, and specifically run a sub-25 minute 5k. I guess I need a new goal now... maybe sub-24?

[Deleted]

Wow! That's impressive! Congrats on a great run. I should try these tips for my next 5k. Maybe I'll do a sub-30. ;-)

[MrsE]

Holy smokes! Way to go, WnW!

[jchokie79]

That's awesome and super fast! Way to blow your PR out of the water!

[coconutbug]

You're on a roll! Congrats on the PR!!

[gt7301b]

Woohoo!!! I think you can kill 24 minutes without much work.

[finallykrisb]

Way to go!

[enfuego23]

Awesome job!!!!

[cinco]

Nice job!

[libbygrl109]

Congrats! That's an amazing time!

[sadlebred]

That's a great time!!

[thom]

Way to smash your time from last year! It's so exciting to see a giant improvement like that from year to year.

[vanillahip]

Woahhhh you are INCREDIBLE!!! Amazing job!!

[Deleted]

Awesome time! Especially on a hilly course.

[runaways]

Nice work! Glad all the advice was helpful.

[So_Fetch]

nice work!

[spunkypenguin]

Wow! Killer PR! Way to go!