Another 5K, another PR… sort of.

The Hair of the Dog 5k is a New Year’s Day race. To allow for the previous night’s festivities, the start wasn’t until 10 AM. That was mighty nice of the organizers.

I went into this 5K with a goal of 30 minutes or better. The big problem with that goal was the 9:39 miles that go along with it. A few weeks before this race, I had run a mile as fast as I could and ended up running about a 9:30. So asking for 3.1 miles at 9:39/mile was going to be pushing it.

Well, to make a long boring story short and, well, still quite boring, I ran a 29:40 (29:39.89 official chip time) which, at the time, I thought was a PR (more on that in a few). I kept the splits on my trusty Timex Race Trainer: 9:26, 9:39, 9:50 and a 0:46 tenth (7:40).

OK, so is it a PR or not?

No, not technically. I ran a 29:16 on a 5K in Cary, NC back in April of 2006, the Cary Road Race. The thing, though, is that back in ‘06 I was probably 40 pounds lighter than I was on 1/1/10. I’ve got to figure that 40 pounds makes more than a 24 second difference on 5K times… right?

Overall, I’m happy with my performance and quite excited to see how the rest of the year progresses. At this point, I’m debating whether or not to run a 14K next month, the Virginia is for Lovers 14K. I also have a sprint triathlon scheduled for my birthday, 7/10/10: the Triangle Triathlon.

View the entry for this race on my dailymile profile.