Road Race race (Edgar May 5K) 25:39 [4] 3.12 mi (8:13 / mi) +31m 7:58 / mi
Perfect conditions: still air, mid 30's. Convinced race director this year to eliminate the big hill at the end and make it a flat out and back course. Did a poster-size map for them on ocad and it looked good.
Was looking to break 25 min based on recent 200m runs, used Daniels to extrapolate 46 sec into 24:36 for 5K. Kind of a stretch, but generally adding 20 sec/mi every time you double the distance works well. Guess I doubled the distance too many times, and was a little flat from the Blue Hills Traverse. More training plus more speed work would help a lot -- surprise!
This will be a benchmark course to measure progress.