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City championships 5000 m, 4th overall (F18-40), 2nd F40

This is the first time I ever ran a track 5000 m race. The two fast ladies were there, Gabriele winning in 18:40 and Alexandra coming second. Then the best of the rest: Annett winning the F40 with an impressive sprint, clinching it with 2:56 min/km pace on the home straight, that's about 5 m/m. I managed sub 7 for the final 200 m to fend off Katarina's challenge. Not bad for a week after the marathon. I was hoping for 22:30 or 4:30 min/km pacing (7:15 m/m). The first 200 were a bit fast but then I settled into just over 7 m/m but couldn't quite keep that going in the warm temperatures. Still very happy with 22:11, 51 seconds outside my PB from 2016 (21:20). I think I'm going to get there again with a block of dedicated 5k training.

1) 0.12mi - 49(6:36/mi) 117/141bpm [772b/mi] 5cal
2) 0.25mi - 1:45(6:51/mi) 160/169bpm [1096b/mi] 18cal
3) 0.25mi - 1:48(7:13/mi) 166/169bpm [1198b/mi] 19cal
4) 0.24mi - 1:44(7:07/mi) 168/171bpm [1197b/mi] 18cal
5) 0.25mi - 1:45(7:04/mi) 171/173bpm [1207b/mi] 20cal
6) 0.25mi - 1:46(7:05/mi) 173/175bpm [1225b/mi] 20cal
7) 0.25mi - 1:48(7:13/mi) 172/174bpm [1241b/mi] 20cal
8) 0.25mi - 1:47(7:12/mi) 171/173bpm [1231b/mi] 21cal
9) 0.25mi - 1:48(7:13/mi) 169/174bpm [1220b/mi] 21cal
10) 0.25mi - 1:50(7:24/mi) 168/174bpm [1243b/mi] 21cal
11) 0.62mi - 4:32(7:17/mi) 171/174bpm [1246b/mi] 52cal
12) 0.12mi - 51(6:49/mi) 172/173bpm [1174b/mi] 10cal