Notes
Rainy and chilly - no flats for this one.
4th Overall and a strong finish. Side stitch / diaphragm cramp half way into the race - same spot that has been tight and problematic. Without the stitch I could have sped up a bit for the second half, as it was I still managed to catch and out kick 2 guys to take 4th. Had to really fight myself mentally to make a final push with 800 to go...once I caught them, it was easy to crank it up for the final 200 to seal the deal.
Splits were 5:33, 5:35, 5:37
Felt very strong the first mile so was slightly disappointed at only seeing 5:33...but then again it felt pretty easy. The rest of the race was not...but still good rust buster and reminder of how 5ks feel.
5ks planned for the next 2 weekends...will likely try the flats and see if I can sort out my core even further to avoid the deadly stitch.
I'm hopeful that this is closer to my current 10k pace - a couple months of good workouts and perhaps that will happen.