Army Run 5K

This is the one where everything lined up. The prep was genuinely good — every run in the block landed where it was supposed to, which almost never happens. A few weeks out I ran a 3k at roughly sub-4 pace and felt like I had more.

Strava kept telling me I was in sub-20 shape and I kept refusing to believe it, because Strava had also promised me a marathon time earlier in the year and the marathon had opinions of its own. Predictions are not results.

Then I went and ran 19:26. Under twenty, on the day, at the Army Run, with the whole city out on the course. Best race of my year by a distance.