My first race coming out of base building and although I hadn't done any speedwork I was optimistic about improving my 5K PR. The race was pretty insane given that they crammed 6,000 people onto Bolyston street. I was lined up in the 5:30 pace corral despite knowing I wasn't that fit, but how can I not when theres a guy dressed up as a hamburger in the same corral.
The start of the race was an absolute shit show where I had to jump over a lady who got trampled and was face down on the pavement because obviously she can't run a sub-6:00 mile. After the crazy start it opened up a little bit and we came around the commons to a big hill which definitely slowed me down. On the downhill portion I saw a guy get his foot suck in a rut in the road proceed to break his ankle and smash his face which was slightly concerning and made me overly aware of my foot placement for the rest of the race. Overall I was holding back in this race as I had no idea what pace I could hold. I ran a crazy negative split with 6:19, 5:59, 5:53 for an 18:45 5K which was a PR by 45 seconds over my previous from September.
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