18:48

Much better than expected day at Tonia's 5K.  Ran 6:15, 5:56, and 6:01.  Definitely entered a pain zone I haven't visited in a while, and there was a very short but very steep hill at the two mile mark that almost made this a 24 minute race.  Took everything I had to hold things together over the final half mile or so.

My last remaining ties to glory were trampled at the race:

Shot of the lead pack about a quarter mile into the race.  You can see me right at the back.  You can also see some hill in the upper right corner.  I went as hard as I could from the start.

Motivated by the talk of Shad and GZ doing all the work to get faster, I might have to sit down and see what I can do about getting back down below 18 for this distance again.