Day 4 - I-Challenge Part 1

Distance - 5k - Champaign IL
Time - 21:56
Pace - 7:04

The first part of the I-Challenge is in the books!  I think I succeeded in keeping myself under control by keeping it at about 7:04 pace.  My legs felt pretty strong tonight, so hopefully that is a sign of things to come.  Time to shovel some food in myself and get plenty of sleep.  5:30am is going to be here way to soon.  I think this was probably the largest 5k I have ever ran in, about 4,600 people.  There were your typical weirdos - guys in hot dog suits, elvis getups and so on.  Nice flat course and plenty of loud college students along the route.  Race goes off at 7:30 in the morning.  Planning on cruising the first 4 to 5 miles at about 7:05 pace, then cranking it up a notch after that.  Hopefully I can break the hour and a half barrier.  Here's to a happy finish at the 50 yard line of Memorial Stadium!