So I found the one time I raced 5000 on outdoor track. It was at Sea Ray Relays in Tennessee in 2006. It was humid, and 90+ degrees, might have been 100. This was when I was racing for Zap fitness. The race was ugly, and I ran 16:29.85. I remember a bunch of maine guys were down to race and asked me after if I was going to get thrown off team. I ended up running 2:24 at Chicago marathon that same year. Me and heat, don't mix as this result shows.
And I actually did run a track 10-k. I think I put it out of my mind because it probably was not fun running 25 laps, but I ran 31:36.37. 2011 at umaine, bates meet. Shit that ain't bad pr, especially since I know I was struggling with all kinds of injuries in 2011-12 before I stopped running for awhile.
Just got to find my 3000 steeplechase results. I know I ran it twice, both times in the 10:10 to 10:20 range which wasn't very good and showed me this was not my event. I'm surprised I didn't break my neck. Both around 2002-2004.
I ran a bunch of ok 3000s indoor and outdoor after college, 9:00 for indoor and 8:42 for outdoor. Never raced more than mile in college.
Think I only ran one indoor track 5-k, but I may be wrong, might have run one at usm to pace some college guys through 3-k of it and jogged in.
But the 5k I know I did I was in seeded heat at valintine invite. I shouldn't have been in that heat. I remember running first mile dead last in 4:28, might have actually gone through 1000 in a pr, and it was ugly from there. Ran 15:10, but was in shape to run 14:30-14:40 if I'd run in right heat. Winning time was sub 14 so I got lapped multiple times. Not pretty.
So out of all these pr's, the one I know I can get is that outdoor 5-k, 16:29. Thats pretty ugly. The other ones, ya, not sure I can get any of those at age 40, but I'll give em a go.
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