5k (ish)

I ran a 5k this morning, put on by the SLU Physical Therapy students (benefiting 'research', the entry form stated). The field was probably about... 30 people. I was aiming for 19 something, and so started off at low 6-minute mile pace, running with a (faster) friend, John. After about 50 yards it was apparent that we would be running alone for first and second the whole race. We went just over 6 for the first mile, and I don't know where the second mile marker was. John got bored of running slowly with me and took off about 12 minutes into the race. I kept a steady pace and ended up finishing in 18:45, fairly comfortably. I used gmaps pedometer because I thought the course was short, and it ended up being exactly 3 miles. The extra .1 mile would add about 40 seconds, my extrapolated 5k time would be about 19:30, which I'm pretty happy with. I ended up winning a 10 dollar certificate to a local bar/restaraunt AND a huge mock-turtleneck bearing that bar/restaurant's name. Sweet. I think I could work as a bouncer, with that shirt hanging around my knees and hands engulfed in the sleeves.