Not Too Bad

I ran the NYRR's annual Al Gordon Snowflake 5k in Prospect Park today. It was a beautiful clear morning, but a little bit cold at around 27° at the start. I did better than I thought I would, finishing in 22:18 with an average pace of 7:11 per mile. I had the advantage of having run the park many times, and knowing the hills is really the key to running a good road race. Overall, I placed 528 out of 3987 which is not too bad; a more fair ranking would be to say that I placed 97th out of 387 men in my age group. Placing inside the top 25% of my age/gender group is not too bad considering that 5 years ago I couldn't run a mile period!