- Minutes per mile: About 10 minutes 40 seconds in last Sunday's Ray's Run. The approximately 3.1 K (1.9 miles) course at Dietz Stadium was done in 20 minutes 22 seconds
- 5K time: 35 minutes 12 seconds, achieved Sunday at the Washingtonville 5K . (The official results finally corrected the walkers start time, dropping my original time by a few seconds. )
Both races were solid 2nd place finishes, behind an excellent formal race walker. A lot of my walker friends were present today and it was fun introducing them to each other.
I had been training "faster" on the treadmill, building on the conditioning from the preparation for the recent Half Marathon. But I don't like warm weather, so don't know if the spring/summer races will continue these times!
I had some fans today. When returning to the car, two parents said to brother and sister toddlers, "Here's the walker in the yellow shirt that you were routing for!" I said hello and attempted a high (low?) five with the 2 year old boy. I now remember shortly after the start a mother telling her kids to wave to the walker and I passed them again towards the finish. I guess I was flamboyant in my bright yellow T! (But, I should note, that one of the kids was in yellow.)
