I have this one kid who practices but stays away from races. In practice, he has a great attitude and there is no question he wants to be there.
Recently, he did 5x1000 @ 3:25-3:28 w/5min breaks. A couple days later he covered 5.11mile in 28 min (packed dirt path) but I heard that he briefly stopped along the way to tie his shoe laces. Another report was that he mumbled in an angry voice that he could have gone longer at that pace and, further, that he was not breathing too heavily when he stopped.
Would appreciate to hear your thoughts on his 5K race time.