The post-Thanksgiving tradition continues. I ran the 5K in the Run Wild event this morning. A month ago, I was targeting the 10K, but a few weeks out of commission due to a back strain left me less confident of my fitness, so I stayed with the familiar.
I finished in 18:46 officially, 29th place overall out of 1,715 runners and walkers. Seventh place among the M30-39 age group, with a 6:03 minutes per mile pace. My hand-timed finish was two seconds faster, but what you gonna do? 😉
First mile out Golden Gate Park and east along the north side of the Panhandle, 5:50. Second mile, all along the Panhandle, including the turn back west, 5:55. For the final 1.1 miles, mostly in the Park, and finishing right in front of the De Young Museum, across the street from the new California Academy of Sciences, 6:58 (which equates to ~6:20 pace).
This extremely local race, on a weekend we rarely travel anymore, is part of the routine.
- 2006: 18:57 (same course, same finishing 1.1 miles, but I held my pace better in the 2nd mile this year)
- 2005: 18:53 (can’t remember course)
- 2004: 19:33 (can’t remember course)
- 2003: 29:55 for 5K, ran with my sister, pushing the boy in the jogging stroller (blog started in March 2003)
- 2002: 39:05 for 10K
- 2001: 39:24 for 10K