Race Report: Friendly Kitchen 5K

Race Report: Friendly Kitchen 5K: It’s been a long time since I’ve written a race report, the main reason bein...

It’s been a long time since I’ve written a race report, the main reason being that I simply have not run that many races in the past two years. My last race was back in April of this year, a 5K in which I ran a time of 19:20. Given my lack of consistent training last winter (may sub-10 mile weeks), I was pleased with that result heading into the Spring and Summer, and decided to set a goal of knocking off my 4-year-old 5K PR (18:51 set in 2008) before the end of this year. This summer I’ve taken my training to another level with 320 miles run in July and August. I started working with a coach (Caleb Masland) in late July, and have been doing some pretty hard workouts in prep for the Smuttynose Rockfest Half Marathon at the end of this month. I’ve also been taking Taekwondo classes twice per week since January, which has been a huge boon to my stability, balance, and leg st...

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