Race Report, my 2nd 5K

Yesterday morning I ran in my 2nd ever 5K in Roswell, GA called "Just Run".  It was the first time this group put on a race, but was well managed in terms of friendly staff, good setup with facilities/snacks/water and crowd, with one big exception.  The DOT screwed the pooch and marked the course short.  It was an out and back course that started at the top of a steep hill, then leveled off down by the Chattahoochie River, it was a beautiful run.  As I wear a Garmin watch, i noticed right away that the turn-around point was only 1.2 miles, i thought, ok this must not be a straight out and back.  But no, as i worked my way back to the start/finish line it was 2.4 miles.  I had come to run a 5K and wasn't really interested in where i placed, so i just turned around at the chute and doubled back on the course for the remaining 0.7 miles to complete the 5K.  My average pace was good (for me) at 8:40 and I finished my run in 26:55 (Spilts of:  8:28, 8:43, 8:51) more info here:  http://connect.garmin.com/activity/7088006 which is an improvement of over a minute from my first 5K a couple of weeks ago.  I attribute the improvement mostly to the course, but some to increased training runs.

Take care,

Bill

Congrats!  That's a great improvement. How do you like the Garmin Watch?

LOVE the watch... although as a manic gatherer of information, having all that data at my fingertips can be counterproductive at times, i've had to force myself not to look at my pace "until i pass that tree" etc. and resist the incredible urge to micromanage my runs...

Way to go Bill.... NIce splits and solid race! Keep up the great work!

 Nice splits and good race!  Way to go on completing the 5K -- anybody else out there doing that with you?

not really, i guess i'm the only really anal one!  i was actually pissed, i wanted to run a real 5K, so i just turned around and did it...

Way to go Bill.  Good job on finishing the 5K.