Recreation: SNA 5K Results

Place No. Name                   Div Div   Team Name       Time    Pace
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   20 145 WILLIAM GAUCH            5 M3039                   20:58  6:45

Overall, I can't compain. I did pretty well, although it still wasnt a personal record. I am still hoping that I can break the 6-minute mile pace. Actually, I guess I have a set of goals which I want to break, in order as follows: 6:30 pace, 20:00 finish, 6:00 pace, 17:00 finish. For those keeping track, a 20 minute finish is about a 6:27 pace, so my first goal and my second goal will probably fall simultaneously.

The 17 minute goal is a "magic number" goal. The powers of the racing world have defined the term "competetive runner" as one who completes a 5K in 17 minutes or less. I honestly don't know if I will ever get there. I know I have the fast twitch muscles in my body to be able to do it, but I just don't know if I could follow a training plan to take me all the way there. The problem is made worse by the fact that most people's prime racing years are in the late 20s to early 30s. As I approach the category of mid-30s, I will only likely get slower.

If I had a little more free time, I would seriously consider volunteering as an assistant high-scool cross country coach. I would have the opportunity to run more frequently. At the same time, I would have to get faster because I couldn't let those punk kids beat me! For now, I think I am going to keep that thought on the back shelf of the brain. I could see dusting it off when Laura gets a little older. She seems to love to run. She spends long periods of time running back and forth down our long hall. All she will need for training is to learn to run with clothes on.