Front Runners

The Florida running community rocks. I love fall because it is packed with many road races. I competed in a 5k race this past weekend. I ran a whole minute slower than I usually do but I finsihed 8 out of 526 women runners. This is not good enough. But I felt great so what went wrong. The answer is the fact that I lack confidence to start out in front. I stratigically place myself on the right handside about 7 rows back. This is a strategy I learned in high school. You must pace yourself first and then pass, not start out to fast and be the one getting passed. This will mentally break you down. My stategy this time did not work. For the first mile I had to weave in and out of the slower runners who got up front because they do not realize what they are doing. I will now be starting up front!