Past 5K Performance History

I have run four 5K races this year. My last 5K race in June was my worst race performance of the year. i was hampered by a sore leg. As you can see from the times listed below, running with an injury in June proved to be a much more difficult task for me than running my first 5k in the beginning of May.

In each of my 5K races, my second mile split has been much worse than the first mile. This strongly suggests I come out of the gates much faster than I can sustain over the duration of the race. (A five kilometer race is 3.1 miles long)

Race, Date, 1st mile, 2nd mile, 3rd mile splits
Mt Penn - May 2nd - 08:16 , 08:39: 08:45
Palmyra - May 9th - 08:07, 08:20, 08:42
Hershey Med - May 30th - 07:57, 08:36, 08:27
Hershey Co - June 20th - 08:25, 9:04, 09:53

At my last five mile race at Lititz two weeks ago my splits were 8:15, 8:09 and 8:51 during the first three miles of the race. I was able to run two good mile miles before tanking in the third mile. I should note the 2nd mile for this race was primarily downhill as the 3rd mile was primarily uphill and the toughest mile of the course.

It's my hope on Saturday my three mile splits are within 15 or 20 seconds of each other and I break the 25 minute barrier.