Warmup with some strides, Running of the Leopards in 16:44, 3 mile cooldown. Race felt pretty meh to be honest. Those mile repeats were still in my calves and I just "didn't have it". In any case, this is only 10 seconds off my PR in slick conditions (probably not much of a factor) on a course that, despite what people will say, is only 12 seconds faster than a flat sea level track according to the Jack Daniels calculator. Splits: 1 - 5:24 (took it out in about 5:15 pace, settled into that effort, looking to split 5:15 at the mile, only to realize that it flattened out and then went slightly up at the end of the first mile). 2 - 5:35 (got really lazy at the start of this mile, saw I averaged 5:55 pace for the first minute of it and then had to pick back up). This is the mile that killed what could've been a PR 3 - 5:12 (too little too late) .11 - :33 (realized I wouldn't hit a PR, bummed) Effort wise, it never really felt that hard. I wanted to push it harder, but after a mile or so, my calves just weren't super happy. In any case, this is the fastest time I've run in just about 4 years, so I guess that's good. Even adjusted 12 seconds back, this would've been a 16:56, which would've still been my fastest since 2009, so I'll take it for now. | 