Wednesday's little workout fired up the PF pretty good so no running the past two days to see if I could run this race comfortably. It went really well for the first two flat miles (6:33 and 6:32), and then there is a half mile uphill from 2.0 to 2.5 - struggled a bit to mantain pace and the uphill poked at my heel pretty good too - bit of pain every stride on in to the finish. Only ballooned up to 6:39 for mile #3, so fairly pleased with the overall run. Was hoping for closer to 20:10-20:15, but satisfied for now, especially since I've been nursing the heel for a couple weeks now. Will stick with the sub-20 goal for a Mother's Day race on one of my favorite local courses - half-and-half trail and pavement in the State Park across from my neighborhood.
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