VT Dad’s fight vs. inertia & flab

This morning the weather conditions were ideal for a race, 62F, 17C with just the hint of a breeze.  I drove the 20 miles to the start of the July 4th 5K on South Hero, VT.  Along the way I saw a runner I recognized trying to fix a flat tire on his bicycle.  I did a u-turn, a went back to check on him, an indeed he was headed to the race.  I gave him a ride, and I discovered that he was now training for triathlons.  

In previous years todays race had been both a 5&10K, but this year there was only a 5K.  There were about 400 runners, and I set my watches timer for 4:48 in hopes of hitting a 24:00 5K.  I reached the 1K mark at exactly 4:48.  I had faltered slightly by the 1 mile point reaching the mile at 7:50.  I hit the second mile point at 15:52, my hopes of a sub24 5K were all but dashed.  I finished strong, setting a new PR by over 20 seconds, 24:07.  Overall I was 139th out of 319 racers, and I was 25th out of 41 in my age group.

Hope everyone has a great 4th of July.

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