Spring Fling 5K race

Did my second race yesterday, the Spring Fling 5K.  This was the first time for me to run a 5K.  It's a popular distance, so it should give me something a little more concrete to gauge myself by.  So, here's the proof:

Taken by big S using his spy watch.  Little B isn't sure if he should high-five me or not.

Here's the overall info:  Chip time, 22:02, for 7:07 average pace.  8th place overall out of 128 (8%) but 3rd out of 6 in my age group.  Who knew there were so many fast 30-34 year olds in the race?
According to my watch my splits were 10:51 on the first half, and 11:16 on the second half.  I definitely started too fast and felt it the whole race.  I'm glad the wife and kids were in the spot they were at because right about then I had just about convinced myself to stop and walk.  But I didn't.
They cheered me on, and the guy (55-59 age group) coming up behind me (not in the picture) yelled out- "Your dad is awesome!"  Quite a compliment, it really made me feel good about myself.  And then he promptly passed me about 100 yards later.
I could do the mile-by-mile recap, but here's basically how it went.  The first 1/4-1/2 mile, I passed all of the jack rabbits who started way too fast.  After that I was mostly running by myself and wondering if I could catch the guys in front of me.  But I didn't catch anyone else after that, and only got passed by the aforementioned 55-59 year old.  I almost threw up the gulp of water I took at the mile 2 aid station, but I definitely needed it.   I looked at my watch at mile 3, and when I saw I was just under 21:00, I decided that I should be able to finish close to 22:00.  So I gave it all the juice I had left and finished strong.  The clock showed 22:07, but my chip came in at 22:02. 
With a little work on pacing the start of the race, I should easily be able to take 15-20 seconds off my time.  That's a nice goal, but the main one I'm working on for 2012 (a resolution!) is to run a mile (or 1600m) under 6:00.  I might be able to hit that the next time I test myself.  But that won't be for a week or two.
Now I have to decide when I will run another race.  I've kicked around the idea of running a half-marathon this spring, but I haven't committed to it.  There is one in two weeks, but I don't think I'll be mentally ready to race again that soon.