not giving up on the comeback

Oakhurst Arts Run 5K

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Member Since:

Feb 19, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

2:43 Marathon

1:17:45 Half Marathon

59:09 10 miles

17:15 5k

Still Running (again) after all these years

Short-Term Running Goals:

get back to it and not be a fat blob

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy running my whole life

Personal:

Married 21 years- - two kids - 18 year old boy and 15 year old girl

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Sat, Oct 08, 2011

Race: Oakhurst Arts Run 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:18:09, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.60	0.00	3.10	0.00	8.70

Today was the my neighborhood's 5K that kicks off the Arts festival. Last year I came in 2nd and ran a 17:15, a PR. Of course that was when I was peaking for my half. Today my goal was adjusted a bit and it was to run around 6min miles.

At the start, I knew there were two guys faster than my goal pace. I just let them drag me along as best as possible. Unfortunately I knew both were in the Masters group, so I knew if they held up I'd miss out on my free pair of shoes. Oh well, there is time to get those in the future. One other guy went out to lead the first mile, but he faded nicely and we picked him off one at a time. Long hill in the 3rd mile makes it a little slower.

5:53 ave pace

1 - 5:45

2 - 5:53

3 - 6:04

.1 - 5:22

Nice little warmup and warmdown finally gets me to 50 for the week.

Looking forward to the 5K next weekend.

Looking forward to the Chicago marathon tomorrow. Hopefully the streaming works well. It is so nice to be able to stream one of these big marathons for free...

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From JG on Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 11:27:23 from 71.59.27.33

Great job Tim! You gotta be happy with a 5:50 pace. 50 mpw is a big milestone too, after such a big layoff!

From Tom Slick on Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 12:08:24 from 69.171.160.22

Wow Bro-TimP....What a great comeback showing at this 5K. You are one fast dude, and I'll bet you were snadbagging it so as not to re-injure yourself. Congrats on the #3 overall and #1st in your AG!!!!!! Whats on the horizon for the Speedy TimP??????

From timp on Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 08:13:12 from 99.110.188.230

Thanks JG - things are coming aling nicely.

Thanks Slick - just looking at 5Ks and 10Ks for the near future. I have a half in March but that's it for now.

From Andy on Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 12:44:39 from 208.54.5.254

Great job on the incredibly consistent pacing.

From Steam8 on Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 12:50:32 from 166.70.55.77

Wow! Great job on your race! You are so fast! Must feel good to be running 50 miles a week too!

From DaleG on Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 16:03:07 from 71.199.57.238

Very cool!!! I can't get over how fast you are. Way to go getting those sub 6 miles.

From timp on Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 09:56:39 from 144.188.24.31

Thanks Andy/Steam/Dale! On to the next one.

One really nice thing about the race is that I found out about a nice track near here that is lighted at night. I need to start up my track work again - so I might need to check out this one.

From MarcE on Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 14:53:53 from 204.16.82.120

Looking good. Nice splits and very solid performance!

From timp on Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 15:11:27 from 144.188.24.31

thanks Marc!

From Rhett on Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 17:05:22 from 216.67.217.157

How do you do that??? I'm amazed at how fast you are even after not being able to train that hard.

From timp on Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 17:20:58 from 144.188.24.31

Hey Rhett - magic shoes :)

From Teena Marie on Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 23:15:45 from 174.27.200.245

Magic shoes??? Not a chance!

Congrats!!! :) :) :)

(I know I say this all of the time: but dang, you are fast!)

From timp on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 09:14:25 from 144.188.24.25

thanks Teena~!

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