I hate 5k's

I've never really liked 5k's since it usually is associated with the concept of run till you puke. As much as I like running, I don't like the feeling of 5k's cause they are way too hard. But I thought it would be interesting to do spring one just to get one out of the way for this year.

Did a 5k race this morning and it sucked or more accurately, I sucked. My legs were still sore from doing those strides on Thursday. My left knee is still giving me some issues. Guess it wasn't a good idea to do strides for the first time in a couple of months 2 days before a race. Add to that the temperature was about 24C when we started and I knew it was going to be a bad day. I started off at about 5k pace but approaching 4 minutes when I started looking for the 1k marker, I realized the course wasn't marked so I had no idea what my splits were. The shoelaces on my shoe with my footpod on it started loosening at this point which meant my Polar device was also going to be useless for pace. I ended up backing off at that point. In any event, I knew there was no way I was going to be able to hold that pace. My final time was 22 minutes flat and i reached a maximum HR of 194 right at the end. This was a bit frustrating for me since my average pace was 7:05 for the 5k. A couple of weeks ago, I did a 4 mile LT run, at a pace of 7:07, but a lower HR.I was thinking of doing a 10k race in a couple of weeks, but now I'm not so sure I want to.