Dallas Running Club Independence Day 5K
7/2/16
Goals
A: Sub-23 time
B: Win my age group
C: PR (under 25:14)
Training
I didn’t do any 5K specific training. I’m still just base-building for a fall half plan, but since I’ve had injury issues, I was running inside on the treadmill and had stripped out the little speedwork there is in the plan. In June, I did weeks of 22, 25, 28, and 30 miles. This week so far, I’d done 13 miles, all outside. I took Friday off of running to try to rest a little.
Strategy
This was the first race where I can honestly say that I was planning on going out as fast as possible and just holding on, which is the generally prescribed strategy for 5Ks. Specifically, since I was aiming for a sub-23 time, I wanted to do even splits at a 7:20 pace. 7:24 would be a perfect 23:00 time, so I wanted to try to build in a small buffer just in case something went wonky.