ah, this is super geeky and helpful! In reading up on how people suggest pacing, this gives me a better sense of how to go into the race. Especially important because the first half is mostly climbing. Think I’m going to go with a steady, but slightly under what I might be able to hold in the climbing, save some energy for the second half, and turbo charge it because it’s all downhill.
Can’t wait to get more 5ks under my belt to get a better sense of pacing. I did a few years of cross country in high school, but I swear, I just went all-out and survived until the end every time lol. No sense of pacing back then, at least not consciously!