too tired to drag self out of bed this morning. to put it another way: wussed out. just looked at the standings for the new haven 20k. what a weird distance, especially in the same event as a half marathon (only 1 km longer).
ya it's weird from the perspective of a half marathon, but makes sense from a km perspective: 5k, 10k, 20k.
edit: also checked the 5k standings. my times from may would put me in the top 5% of more than 2600 entrants (huge race!). sub-20:00 is comfortably in the top 100. interesting.
it was hot/humid af for most people, like 75F + 90%+ humidity. all of that humidity training you do would pay off
ya sub20 is not easy, especially in hot and/or humid conditions. most "active/fit" males around here aren't dropping sub20 5k's in races. It seems to be beyond the reach of general fitness for sure, from what i've seen. I've seen some really "in shape" looking folks, who aren't going sub20.
I could go back to my race results page and click each event, and it's only a small group of sub20's in each race.
IMHO sub20 is attainable by pretty much any male, but it's definitely not easy to get there. I like that category, definitely attainable, but definitely not easy to attain. lool.
