Always been curious about this fast 5K around Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield so took advantage of a local Saturday morning race. The course runs counter clockwise around the lake, which is a popular pedestrian as well as weekly 5K on Wednesday nights, hosted by the Mystic Running Club. This race is organized by the New England 65+ Running Club. They shelled out over $1550 in prize money including specific age graded awards.
I got out to a 7 minute opening mile, getting passed by CMS teammate Mike McCormick before the only hill. I kept his stride, 10 feet back through 2 miles (7:16 split). He motored ahead in the closing mile while one more runner got me with 200 meters to go. Last mile split was 7:16 again. 22:18.8 for 29th place and 3rd in the age group. A bit faster than last week so felt good about that.
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