HNI 5K Run

The Hon Industries 5k run was held yesterday (Sat.) in downtown Muscatine along the riverfront. It was one of those hot, sticky, dog days of August. The temperature at race time (8am) was 75 degrees and the heat index was already over 80. Needless to say I do not run or ride a bike well in hot weather.

There was a good turn out with 107 runners and several walkers. Last year I posted my best time ever in a 5k at this race doing it in 21:01. This year would be disappointing. My time was 22:28. I had a rest day the day before, but the heat really got to me. I couldn't keep my pace up and had several people pass me in the last 1/2 mile. I finished 27th overall. Last year I was 22nd overall.

Even though my pace was miserably slower than last year, I was still first in my age bracket (55-59).

There may have been a subliminal message going through my brain as I was running this race, "don't expend all of your energy on this race". The reason being I had a much bigger race the next day, I was doing a duathlon.