Sat 10/5 - AM 50 minutes incl. 5k road race

Not feeling at all chipper during the warmup for this latest stop in the charity 5k tour. Much more tired and strung out than I had hoped. On top of that the right hammie/piriformis mess was feeling quite stuck to the point that I was rolling on the lax ball in the parking lot 20 minutes before the gun went off. This helped at least temporarily as I was able to get through the race without any lockups there. Spent almost the entire race in second place, with a 12 year old girl leading us out the first 100m or so before the eventual winner took over. Course was mostly quite flat, with enough turns that I tried doing a couple of blind corner surges to gain separation from the guy behind me. Probably would have been better off keeping a steady pace as this seemed to tire me out more than anything else. Thankfully I was able to spend the final km playing keep away, and tapered down to a controlled deceleration the last 400m or so. Didn't use the watch, and in hindsight it the mile and 2 mile splits couldn't have been accurate as they were in the same spot for an out and back course. As such, ran blind in terms of pace but not at all surprised to see the final time as I reached the finish. Given how flat I felt warming up the time is a mildly positive surprise in fact. I had hoped to do a cooldown on the dirt roads near the course but scheduling of awards and post-race feed made it impossible.