Travis Dowell ran the Andale 5K and finished this race in the time of 32:10.
This was the Andale 5K race completed at an average pace of 9:56 minutes per mile. I ran this race for the last three years and it is heavily sponsored. Last year’s pace was 10:06 so I was trying very hard to beat it and I did. Official time was 32:10.12 which would be a 10:23 pace, but that is way off what Garmin recorded. I can’t see why they are so different, but all of Garmin’s pace were faster than 10:23, but since Garmin recorded 3.23 miles, that pace is faster. I’m going with Garmin’s time.
The course has ups and downs, elevation gain is 219 feet, and most of it is in mile 2, so you have to climb as fast as possible to keep the pace within my target range. When you are going downhill, which is most of the first mile and some of third mile. The last half mile is uphill and I always have a runner near me in that section racing me to the finish. This year I had one and passed her and she never caught up with me all the way to the finish. This is the fastest 5K I’ve done in a long time. I came in second pace, a 74 year old speedster from out of towner beat me by over three minutes, but I am still happy about my finish.
Christine Lee ran the Boulderthon Marathon and finished with a time of 3:42.22.
Despite the race considering to cancel the event due to heat advisory as well as getting injuries and healing from them before the race, I finished the race.
Overall, it was a good performance. I got some ideas for the next training block for Dallas Half Marathon.
Pros: Able to keep pacing consistent throughout the race and be adaptable to the environment.
Improvements: Continue to practice keeping the habit of the arm swing being close together and consistent motion. Around mile 21, I noticed that the arm swing form started to lose shape. Practice giving power off the midfoot with more B-skips and Bull Taps.
Below is the link to my results: https://results.laurelt.com/bld/results?pk=9163233
