Guy Poncy Memorial Run The Block 5K

I stopped training two weeks prior to this race. It's a new strategy I call, My Damn Foot Hurts and I Don't Want a Permanent Injury.

I'm not certain it worked.

But I ran the Guy Poncy Memorial Run The Block anyway.

Three points to the race:

First
The race was the first in memorial of the Lutheran High School of Orange County's recently passed track coach, Guy Poncy. As such, almost all the runners there were from the track team, younger than me, and lacking in the age-induced injuries and sedantary lifestyle that I've "suffered".

Second
The first quater to half mile was inside The Block, which is a large outdoor mall. This meant that with all the runners about equally paced, and sent down such tight quarters, it quickly became claustrophobic and not a little bit dangerous.

Third
I wasn't really trained up for this race. I felt ok on the gun (where I yelled "go" since the horn didn't sound), my knees and feet were fine. But I just didn't feel like I had the energy to run the race I should have. I was tired and felt like I struggled throughout. This wasn't born out by my time, or my place in my age group, but that's how it felt, which is never fun for a runner.

Anyhow, here are the results:

Overall - 109th
Time - 23:07
Division - 6th
Splits - 7:26/mile