Got up early and did 5 easy miles from my house then drove down to Murray warmed up 2 more miles did some strides then ran the Murray Fund Days 5k, then did a 2 mile cool down.
Teran Jameson shot out to the lead early in the race followed by a group of about 5 or 6 of us. I sat in the group for the first 1/2 mile then I felt everyone slowing down so I just kept going and went to the lead. By the turnaround point (a little over a mile into the race) Teran and I had broken off from the rest of the pack. Teran sat on me for the next 1/2 mile or so and then through in a big surge between around 1.75 miles in as he passed me. I could tell the surge was meant just to make a statement as he went by me because after just a few seconds of increased speed he settled down into about the same pace we had been running. He had about 10 meter gap on me which I closed to about a 5 meter gap with about 1/2 mile to go but then I looked back and saw that Jason Holt and Nathan Hornock were far enough back that I could just coast in for a 2nd place finish and I made a concious decision not to fight and try and get 1st but to coast in for 2nd. I am disappointed with myself for not fighting. I'm not sure if I could have won or not, but I definitely could have made it a better race. I was pleased that I was able to run such a fast 5k (it was a little short) without putting myself into too much pain. Splits were: 4:55 (mostly uphill), 4:45 (mostly downhill), 4:54 (both up and down), and :30.
I hadn't heard anything about Teran Jameson for a while but the guy is still a heckuva runner!
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