my makeup may be flaking

Got a little overexcited being back at sea level. Ran 9.2 in the morning at 6:05-6:10, then added on 3 in the afternoon (didn't have much time) and then ran to a local school to play ultimate frisbee for 90minutes and pretty much went full speed the whole time.

Felt a little sore in the morning, but still wanted to get in a long run. Did the basic Island loop untimed.  I really hadn't eaten enough and absolutely crashed during the run.

Felt weak at the beginning of the run but kept getting stronger and felt amazing at the end.  I may just coast in the race on Saturday and see what happens.

PM Did a (very) brisk warmup then ran to Pioneer Park (Mercer Island no Salt Lake) and did two loops fast (5:07,5:05). In high school we called those mile repeats which they are clearly not. But my 10:12 total time compares favorably to the 11:00+ that I did in my HS time trials

AM a relaxed 7

PM ran to frisbee, I felt alot of tightness in my hip flexor so only played at anout 60% effort to save myself.

1.5 miles warmup and 2.5 cooldown.

My plan for this race was to redline it the whole way.  It is very difficult to tire myself out at sea level and I wanted to shoot for sub 27 which I knew would feel fast.

Mile 1 5:17 it was uphill, the pace did not feel  fast but I was not well warmed up and my shins were complaining at me, I thought it might be a very bad race at that point.  I never got in contact with the lead pack (I didn't think I would).

Mile 2 5:36 downhill this was a worry to me, but I remebered the plan and I just trusted that if I kept hammering away my body would respond.  During the next mile I stayed in contact with the people in front of meand started making up some ground. Mile 3 (uphill) was 5:22 and I felt much stronger. Some guy who had passed me in the second mile looks over as I come up alongside him and says "good job". I was running in the t-shirt they gave away in the race so most people at the front probably thought I was going to just die annd the second mile slow down confirmed it, so this guy was a little taken a back when I just hammered away from him in the 4th mile. In that 4th mile (I missed the split) I started giving little kids high fives. I could see the main group up the road but knew I had no chance to catch them or anyone else. Then some guy caught me from behind amd started to pull away, he looked very strong.

In the downhill last mile I stayed about 20 meters behind him, I checked my watch and saw that I had an outside shot of sub 27. So I set two goals, sub 27 and beating the guy in front. I threw in a big surge with about 800 left and there was no response from the other guy. I then sprinted home to just break 27 (by my watch). I hit 10:38 for the last two miles.