tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post8252207146983097626..comments2024-03-28T12:05:47.779-04:00Comments on Racing Stripes: Pesky Little 5KElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265175590096078175noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post-12431897648524380022018-10-18T00:16:58.114-04:002018-10-18T00:16:58.114-04:00Funny you bring up here that your 5K pace hadn'...Funny you bring up here that your 5K pace hadn't improved while your marathons got better. Well if you look at my race history now that there's 13 years of it as an adult. My 3rd ever race was a 5K in Morris Township, NJ and I ran 17:22, yet my best marathon was 3:10:52 at the time and while I was hoping for just 3:05:00 in Boston, I shit the bed to put it bluntly (totally awesome that I did because it made me so mad and I think that's where my running bug began, if I achieved my goal there I'm not sure I ever would have kept running, and hence wouldn't know you today.) But that 17:22 on that course I cannot run anymore (I did 17:46 in tip top share in 2018 whereas I had done 17:22, 17:12 and 17:18 in 2007, '09 and '14 on that same course at the same time of year.) Yet today my marathons are still better than they were in 2007 and 2008 despite the fact that my 5Ks are slower today (probably needs to change if I'm gonna pull off my winter/spring goal.) Of course you have evolved since these days and you're 5Ks are much more awesome!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16727212475858505605noreply@blogger.com