5k time trial ... thick and juicy

When I woke up and walked outside in West Knoxville, it was 70 degrees, blue skies and ... high humidity. At that point I knew it was going to be a tough one. Then to make things more interesting, as I drove into Knoxville, the blue skies and sun disappeared and changed into a thick, foggy, sticky heat box. Everybody showed up for the run (except Jason the pacer) and did their warmups, drills, strides. My brother and I ran 3 miles to warmup and were completely soaked after the first mile or so. It was the kind of stickiness that made you feel nasty (my clothes and shoes are in the wash as I type).

Annual Tom Black Track Time Trials

Presented by Runner Market & West Knox News
University of Tennessee – Knoxville, TN
August 1, 2009 Weather: Foggy & Humid

OVERALL RESULTS 5000M
Place Name (1600 Split) Finish
1. Michael Mentz (4:54) 15:29
2. Alan Horton (4:41) 16:03
3. Daniel Julian (5:10) 16:04
4. Eric Malkowski (5:12) 16:22
5. Bobby Holcombe (5:11) 16:29
6. Bob Adams (5:11) 16:32
7. Elijah Shekinah (5:10) 16:36
8. Brad Adams (5:27) 17:02

OVERALL RESULTS 1 MILE
Place Name (800 Split) Finish
1. Alan Horton (2:17) 4:41
2. Drew Streip (2:30) 5:05
3. Greg Johnson (2:43) 5:27

OVERALL RESULTS 800M
Place Name (400 Split) Finish
1. Ryan Smith (1:02) 2:11
- Nick Symmonds DNS

Even though the times weren't as good as most of us wanted to run, I still look at it as a positive, good tempo run in sub-par conditions, while most of us are putting in a lot of weekly miles in preparation for H2C. Most of us got in 11 total miles this morning and we are all running 15+ miles tomorrow on trails, so the weekend is a plus. After today's workout, I ended the week with 72 miles and plan to run 80+ miles next week. Can't wait to head out west (Oregon) and run in nice, cool, low humidity weather and dominate.