Me and the Cap'n made it happen. Or did we make it happ'n? Anyways, I learned from the 5K Grape Nuts fiasco, and when I woke up for a 6:30 breakfast this morning I feasted instead on delicious and nutritious Cap'n Crunch (with Crunch Berries, because you can never eat too many fruits and vegetables). My original goal for the race was to keep it under 40 minutes. Based on my 5K time, the race calculator predicted a 39:20 finish for me, so I decided to shoot for a time under 39 minutes. Obviously, my actual time of 37:55 was much better than expected. Go me. Woo. There's still room for improvement, though. If I had shown up early enough to warm up, and had the discipline to do so (jogging from registration to the start doesn't count), I probably could have run a little faster. Also, although I didn't go out as hot as I did at the 5K, I didn't hold back as much as I should have on the way out and I spent the return trip paying for it. Still, I only added one or two seconds per mile to my 5K pace from two weeks ago, and to me that seems like solid improvement. I'm looking forward to the 15K.
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