Sasha was in 3rd place when I saw him flying down the hill while I was still going up. Great job! http://connect.garmin.com/activity/10741000 Most of the race felt good for me. I tried not to push it on the uphill while maintaining effort. I'm sure my heart rate peaked but purposely left the HRM at home. I tried to "feel" what my legs would give me. I didn't really have to recover on the downhill which was nice because people were flying down the last stretch. I picked up a couple of dudes going a bit faster than me at about mile 9 (right after I ate GU) and pretended like I was drafting. I was surprised that my heart was able to keep up. In fact, I felt just as comfortable at that pace as the slower pace after a few minutes. Even better, with about 2 miles to go one of them slowed his pace a little, then a mile later the other guy slowed and I was able to keep my pace strong for the last mile past both of them. I had plantar pain on the right, sharp for about 1 mile on the uphill. My right quad had a focal muscle spasm on the middle part of the vastus lateralis The glut med and TFL on the left started to feel tight, fatigued at about mile 10 on. I had accelerade and a power bar for breakfast. No stomach or nutrition issues during the race. I planned on GU at 9 and took a full choco w/caff. with a swig of H2O. I only drank twice, once at 9 and once at 11. The night before, I slept crappy, weird dreams about missing the race. My stomach had some cramps during the day but felt fine this morning. I had spaghetti w/meat for dinner and ate quite a bit. Still have plantar pain post race. I ate steak and egg burrito immediately following the race with an orange shake.
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