I'm a community college student in eastern Washington at a school that doesn't have a cross country or track team. I graduated from high school in 2012 and I am planning to do some open college XC 8ks in the Fall.
For the summer I'd like to do some big 5k/10ks where a lot of people attend and run decent times. In my area an 18:30 5k or 42:10 10k crushes the field and I'm looking to get pushed.
If anyone could give me any suggestions on big races where the winner is around low 15s for a 5k or 30s for the 10k in Seattle/Portland/Anywhere in the Northwest I'd really appreciate it. I'm looking mostly just to do some good runs where I'll get pushed just so I'll feel like I'll be ready to impress some schools when I get to the 8ks in the Fall.
And if the races could be in July-August timeframe that'd be great!
Thanks for taking the time to read through this and responding.