TriCities 10k/5k May 5 2012

My brother called me a couple of weeks ago and asked me if I wanted to run in a free race in "the hood" as he calls it.  He lives in College Park, a suburb of Atlanta where Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is located.  My family has deep roots there.  My grandfather lived and preached there for combined over 30 years, helping to create Southside Baptist Church then later returning to pastor there through their move to Fayetteville, GA.  My mother went to College Park High School for  a short time and my father when to North Clayton High School, long since turned into airplane runway.  So I was looking forward to running through some memories of years past.
The race was truly a community event, not as polished and commerical as other runs which added to the experience.  The temperature was the hottest I had experienced since beginning to run in Oct.  It was 71 and 85% humidity at race start  (8:00AM).  That fact and my "need for speed" proved to work against me.  Of course, I had pace problems again.  I wanted to simply run 9:30 second miles and be consistent.  No dice.  I ran the first 3 miles ( there was not 1 and 2 mile markers) at an 8:33 pace.  Way to fast, but the silver lining is that I can run 3 miles that fast.  My best was the week before when I ran 5k in 26:54 so I would have been close to a 26 flat 5K (I'll save that for the Brookhaven Bolt).  After that the wheels fell off a bit and my pace slowed drastically.  I was really feeling the sun beating on me.  The route had no shade to speak of as it ran down the 4 lane main roads of the 3 cities of College Park, East Point, and Hapeville.  These have been turned into urban sprawl years ago and outside of a few historic neighboorhoods and city buildings, they have become a collection of strip malls, apartments, and warehouses.  The heat was particularly bad along the 3 to 5 mile section as we ran over and back across I-85 and all of its 16 lanes. It was a little like running in a furnace.  I know why they had such an issue with heat at the Boston Marathon and it was in the 80's.  There is a drastic difference in just 10 or so degrees when running.  I still really enjoyed the run.  I made a barefoot running friend who was competing barefoot for the first time and I got to hang out with my brother after the race which is always cool.

Info
Date:	05/May/12
Type:	Race
Course:	TriCities 10K
Distance:	10 kilometers
Duration:	58:47.54
Pace:	9:28 / mile
Equipment:	New Balance M730 (Black 730)
Weight:	192.6 lb
Weather:	71° F, Sunny
Notes:	TriCities 10K
Statistics:	Calories: 905 VO2 Max: 33.1

Intervals (TriCities 10K)
	Type	Distance	Time	Total Time	Pace	Avg HR	Max HR	Notes
1	Interval	3 mi	25:37.23	25:37.23	8:33
2	Interval	1 mi	9:42.75	35:19.98	9:43
3	Interval	1 mi	10:46.12	46:06.10	10:47
4	Interval	1 mi	10:37.12	56:43.22	10:38
5	Interval	0.2 mi	2:04.32	58:47.54	10:22