The Biggest Little 5K in North Dakota

Greetings,

Yesterday was another small town 5K race locally, as I made it over to Binford, roughly 40 minutes away from me. Binford, ND claims itself to be the "Biggest Little City in ND", so it was fitting that their T-shirts were like this:

The race weather was pretty calm, about mid 60's, but a little humid and it got a little more hot/sticky as the race went on. The course went in and around Binford, then back into town for the finish.

My GPS had the course at 3.23, so it was almost 3 and a quarter miles. I finished in 1st with a 21:56 time, making it my 2nd win ever in a 5K race. My first one was in 2010 for the Finley 5K right in my hometown here. I did glance at my watch as 3.1 came about for a 5K estimate, and it was right at 21 minutes, give or take a few seconds. Pace wise, I think my first mile was about a 6:40, 2nd mile around 7 minutes (13:40 on the watch) and the last mile & a quarter was over 8 minutes. Last mile felt slow but maybe its because I had no one to go with or chase, since I was in a comfortable lead. 21 minutes at the 3.1 mark though, I was pretty happy with for a humid day. I am getting better at keeping a steady pace for the 2nd mile, and better control over the first. Many times I'd burn out a 6:20 or faster for the first mile, and then slow down for a 'recovery mile' over the 2nd, and try to hit a final charge over the last 1/3 of the race. Both 5K's now have felt pretty good in this pacing sense.

Not sure what else is on the schedule coming up, there will be a few more around Fargo that I may have an interest in doing this fall.  My college also should have one coming up in the fall too.

For now with my new job change, I should have more opportunity to workout in the mornings as well as evenings. Planning more runs and KB routines to get through.

If you get a chance to do some small town 5K's, they are very fun to do. Its a good mix of walkers and runners and just the social nature of them are really great to experience.

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Coach Rick Karboviak