Kidney Kare 5k

Last week I ran in the 2nd Annual Kidney Kare 5k sponsored by the UNC Kidney Center. There were over 300 participants raising over $9,000. The race was at McDougle Middle School in Chapel Hill, NC. According to the map, the race was actually 5.14km. I finished with a time of 23:54. Using the updated distance figure, that translated to an average pace of 7:29/mile or 8.0mph. This is a significant improvement from my last 5k race, 2nd Annual Duke University DPT 5k, this past fall (24:40 total or 7:56/mile). Most likely due to some rounding inaccuracies, the race results page incorrectly reports a pace of 7:58/mile. They mean well, but they're just wrong. This past week, I have been taking it easy due to some pain in my shins, but hopefully that will subside soon. I've been keeping a full running log, and will post highlights periodically.