The 8th Annual Jack Roth 5K Rock & Run/Walk was suggested to me as a good neighborhood run for a good cause, so I signed up. It starts and ends at the Bexley High School – you start with a lap around the track and finish the same way. In between you do a big loop around the school in the tree-lined streets of Bexley.
Great weather, about 70°, but that felt pretty warm not long after getting started. In a short race like this, I still wanted to take walk breaks, but I needed to keep them short . I did 6, the longest being about 30-35 seconds, as you can see from the Garmin Connect report.
The last 1/2 mile felt pretty tough, but I managed to stay on pace and finish on an even keel, in 24:04, which is 7:45 per mile.
It was fun to stay around for the end of the race and I also stayed because I thought I had an outside chance at being good enough in my age division to receive a plaque (first 4 in each division). But being first was a very pleasant surprise!
