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Oops - I forgot to do PB5K/Call Me Al (3 of 3)

Ok...I forgot to finish that series. When I did three events in three weeks. The last one was the You Can Call Me Al 5K, which is also the Personal Best Training World Championship.

 I hate, hate, hate 5Ks. I really do. And with a lack of communication from the race and it being a small church fundraiser I went a little off the rails in the days before (sorry Tom).

 Race morning I got there and got my bib...sat around talking to team mates for a bit, then went out to warm up. It was fine. Whatever. Got back to the tent to suck down a gel and some water and get lined up. It was one of those starts where I wasn't sure which way we were going so I wasn't sure where the back was...and needed to rearrange.

 Gun start so already behind, but it was a small enough race it was academic. The course was fine. A little narrow on the trail where there was also an aid station, but I was far enough back it didn't matter. Lots of negative thoughts in my head about how I am the team mascot.

 Then I passed someone on the team. She beat me in the mile, but she's been just a bit slower than me in longer races this year...but I wasn't sure how that would play out for an August humid 5K. So then I couldn't think about the mascot thing because that's not fair to her.

 I finished juts under 30 minutes. In some ways it was good to know I could break 30 in August (only other time was December). I went out for cool down and then came back for the PBT shirt, etc.

 In all it was actually a good race. When the age grading came out I was still last...which is normal...

 But it wrapped up a big block and all was well.

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