Nice work! That's big stuff, and having enough in you after a 5k PR to go for a nicely paced run with hills like that after shows you've got a lot more coming.

thanks alot man!!
ya I agree, need to set my sights on sub17 5k in the not-so-distant-future.

I really enjoyed knowing I was going to do a long run afterwards.. I think it changed my mindset a bit, helped me relax. I really had a "who cares" attitude which, usually works well for me. Achieving "who cares" is not easy, I can stress/get nervous over something. But for this, i was like "whatever i'll run a decently hard 5k then go for a long run", which seemed to help me forget about the 5k.
So next Saturday, I have a 10k race + long run (another 10k+), hoping to achieve a similar effect.

Though, this 10k signup was almost 2 weeks prior instead of 5 days prior, so it's in my head a bit more. Going to train hard all week, even run the day before, to make Saturday seem like it's not important.
Also, one thing i've been noticing: I seem to run much stronger when i'm leading. The first time I really felt this was on ~November 18 2017, when I lead for most of that coral springs 5k. When training with Andrea, when we do the follow the leader style, i'm much more comfortable leading, even if it's a faster pace, than I am chasing .. chasing at even slower paces, seems to make me more tired. It seems the same for her also. When she's leading, sooo much more comfortable. It's interesting. We talked about it on Tuesday... so it's actually good practice to do this follow-the-leader style tempo, with people taking turns.
peace!!