The weather will be perfect for this race which is scheduled to begin at 8:30 AM. The temperature should be around 60 degrees at the start of the race. Excessive humidity and/or high winds should not be factors either. I will not have any excuses for a sub-par performance in this respect.
The course appears to be a very level one with only one hill to contend with between 1 and 1.2 miles into the race. I should have relatively fresh legs when I hit this 2% grade hill.
I went for a tempo run this morning and paced myself terribly - I ran out of gas after three miles. I averaged about a 7:45 minute / mile pace. As it stands now, any training run where I am hitting splits less than eight minutes per mile is a brisk run for myself. Anything over eight minutes per mile is a relatively easy pace for myself.
I wish i knew how to pace myself better. I can run out of gas in a one mile run - because I pace myself so poorly. I did try to hold back slightly in the last 5K I ran - at the Shippensburg fair. I'll try to conserve energy within the first mile or two for this race because I would like to finish a race with a strong kick.
Using last year's results as the basis, I have little chance to medal at this race. There were several runners in my age group who finished under twenty minutes last year. It's ironic I won a medal in my first (and slowest) 5K this year.
This could be a watershed event for myself this year. If I do well, it will provide motivation for continuing my racing pursuits. If I don't do well, I may have reached a point where my body simply can not run much faster or longer.
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