Tried to get to bed early but these Olympics are killing me. I had to stay up and watch the mens 4x1 swim were they were not favored but came back and won by 8 hundredths of a second, what a cool race.
Woke up this morning and the legs were tight, didn't do as much of a warmup as I would have like only a quarter of a mile. The race was very informal at tthe start, next thing a new a guy said go and everyone took off. The pace was fast at first and I knew better than to go out too fast, first .5 in 3:05.
1- mile 6:22 to fast at first and really felt it at the end. There was a main pack of guys just ahead of me and I knew right then that if I ran an excellent race I might be able to place 4th.
2-mile 6:35 legs started to feel it here, I passed one guy to get into 6th position and I thought I mike be able to real in the next 2, they were about 15 second ahead of me but legs were starting to get a mind of there own and started slowing down.
.9 mile 6:03 Tried to hand on but the last mile was tough and legs were dead. Never did get catch the other two guys but overall this was a PR, at least the average pace was so I guess I can't complain. |