After watching the Olympic trials on the computer this morning, I was all pumped up to run my own marathon. It was very inspiring. I am super impressed with many of the performances including Paul's. Today is the anniversary of his first race back from injury and what a year he has had. The race he ran one year ago was the First Dam 5K. That race is held here in Logan today and I wanted to run the 10K SO BAD!! However, I knew my leg was not up to par for a satisfying race and I would have risked messing it up worse so against my will, I didn't race it today. To satisfy my urge, I ran over to the course and ran it solo as a training run. I ran a good minute a mile slower than race pace, but it fulfilled the urge to race. I was sub 7 min pace until my leg flared up around mile 4 so I cooled the jets and coasted on in. 43:35 My body has finally recovered from the cold and with the low mileage this week I am feeling tapered so the body was ready to roll, just not the knee. Oh well, it seems to be getting better SLOWLY. I did see James at the start but had to leave without watching to see how he did. I am sure he represented the blog well. The 2 miles back to the house wasn't too bad, but my leg was super tight by the time I got home. Time to stretch and ice and massage.... T-1:14:55 (7:04) 158 ave
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