Hwy 205, 3:00 p.m., cloudy, windy. My whole left side felt tight (back, hip, hamstring). The first 4 miles were uneventful and fast (7:31 pace). The big headwind that I had the last 2.5 miles slowed me down a bit. I still feel sluggish from the trip, etc. 8 miles in 1:00:30 (7:34 pace).
I am finally racing a race this weekend. When I resumed my running career in 2003, this was my first race back. It is a 10k and I would like to have raced a 5k by this time to get a gauge on what pace to go out it. Oh well...I'm not stressing about it and will go out at 39:30 pace or so and adjust from there. The weather should be quite nice and not anything like tonight (thunderstorms, tornadoes, etc). |