Tuesday I did 5 miles, mostly easy except for two short speed sessions of about .4 then .2 just making sure my legs don't forget how to go fast before my 5k saturday. Yesterday I did a really easy 4.4 except for one speed session of maybe .4 miles. I paid really close attention to the path since I was on the race course and brushed any gravel and nuts I came across off the trail. Besides a few nuts its usually pretty clean except when the mower hits gravel - there is about a foot or so of gravel on each side since it used to be a railway, and they mow it since weeds grow up through the gravel and often kick up gravel onto the path.
Its hard to spot them now with leaves starting to litter the area.
Going to try to break 20 minutes tomorrow, thats a goal I never thought I'd hit for a 5k since I got back into running a few years ago. But its like 90% chance of showers tonight and in the monring, so not sure how the rain will effect me in a race - I havent raced in rain ever as an adult. Or since its just a small race (probably 20-30 ppl) I wonder if they may cancel or postpone if its bad.