Matthew Lofton ran: First race of the loc...

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  • 3 miles
  • 00:17 time
  • 05:26 pace
  • 207 calories
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good Winter Series race #1 5 km 00:17 05:26 pace

First race of the local running club's "Winter Series." It's 8 races with different themes, distances, and locations with the races being every 2 weeks.
My goal for this race was to break 17:00.

Once the gun went off, I found my way in 5th place heading into the woods. About a half mile in, I made my way up to third where I would run the rest of the race solo. The leaders went through mile 1 around 5:16 and I was a little behind them in 5:30. I just tried to push myself while keeping them in my sights. This race was in the battlefield where we run almost every day for XC practice so I know it almost from memory. Nothing else too eventful about the race except that I finally beat a local rival (Karsten Brown) that I've wanted to beat for over 3 years. That made my day.

Finished 3rd in 16:55
Splits: 5:30, 5:27, 5:31, :27
I knocked 27 seconds off from my time last year.

It was great seeing all of the local runners out for the race. I can't wait for the other 7!

6 months ago

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  • Mel C.P
    Mel C.
    Mel C.

    Nice race, Matthew!

    6 months ago • Like

  • Amy F.
    Amy F. Great Performance
    Amy F. Great Performance:

    Outstanding! Way to push past! So speedy!

    6 months ago

  • Vern H.
    Vern H.
    Vern H.

    Bryan and I were talking during our warm up and he mentioned that you would be beating Karsten this year! Outstanding performances lately!

    6 months ago • Like

  • Ray T.
    Ray T.
    Ray T.

    Damn dude, you're fast! I haven't been able to keep that kind of pace since I was 20 yrs old! Nice race!

    6 months ago • Like

  • Keegan D.
    Keegan D.
    Keegan D.

    Nice work out there today

    6 months ago • Like

  • Bryan I.
    Bryan I.
    Bryan I.

    I did call it :-) ... Hope you enjoyed it because you will be doing it a lot this WS ... You are in fantastic shape right now ... Keep killing it dude!

    6 months ago • Like • 1 person

  • Mike L.
    Mike L.
    Mike L.

    Hard work pays off....enough said.

    6 months ago • Like

  • Mark L.
    Mark L. Great Performance
    Mark L. Great Performance:

    That's fast! Way to rock.

    6 months ago

  • Thomas N.P
    Thomas N.
    Thomas N.

    Sick!

    6 months ago • Like