NoHo 5K plus four -- Tue. May 20

Made it to this first one of the season for me, though the series actually started in April. Drove across to the boathouse on Old Springfield and parked (traffic really slow, so next week bike if possible). Warmed up with the two miles to the course, very pleasant run along by the bird-busy hedges. Ivan and Christi both there. April was playing violin and it's her parents who run the whole thing, it turns out. Amazing. Quite cool breeze, but humid and not really cold. Guessed 21:00 for a time. Very crowded start so ran past a few, and then struggled to keep position. No Rich C. to pace on, but younger long-haired guy I remember from last year. First two miles cautious but running quite hard; managed to sort of float up the really steep hill and not lose too much ground on the recovery, then it was a real place swapping last quarter. I had enough left for a bit of a kick and made up one place right at the line:

Time: 20:27
Distance: 5K
Speed: 9.3 mph

Then after eats and chats I ran back the two miles to the car, so combine those two runs thus:

Time: 31:07
DIstance: 4.05 miles
Speed: 7.8 mph

Comment: both good mileage and a decent race. Quite satisfying, and a time to try to beat next week.