a new 5K PR!..and then I decided to go for a long bike ride...

This morning I did the NYRR Al Gordon Snowflake 5K in Prospect Park in Brooklyn. My time was 23:43, or a 7:39 min/mile average, a 30 second per min/mile improvement in speed over my last fastest time in a race.

Uhhhhh, WOW! I was totally spent...They bumped me up to an even faster corral this time, which I was excited about, cuz that meant there wouldn't be as many people going super slow in front of me. Maybe my time from the last race bumped me up? Who knows.

But still there were people who went slow in front of me, not too bad, but still they were there. I think it was good that they were there this time, because the race started on a 1/4 mile of flat then hit a 1/4 mile uphill that could kill the rest of your race if you went too hard. I think the crowds kept me back and that prevented me from blowing up.

My mile splits are as follows:
7:38
7:24
7:26

Because tomorrow is supposed to have TERRIBLE weather, I chose to ride tomorrow's ride today. I figured, what the heck?!? since I have a duathlon in exactly 4 weeks, I guess a fast 5K followed by a 2+ hour ride would somewhat prepare me. We did a hilly 34.27 miles in 2:22:48...another slow pace, but it was VERY hilly. Here is the wattage data:


and elevation: