Four hours of sleep-BAD! My legs, my quads especially, are still sore from the Thursday race, so I sprayed on some type of soreness relief spray Ali gave me, which numbed them for a couple of miles, but it wore off (I am not sure at what mile).
I met the SF group, and Josse recruited a new fast girl named Merri, and she's training for her first marathon this year (TOU). It quickly became Josse, Merri, Hal, Chad and I. We went up to the top of Harry's Hill. Remember I said I would always push this hill. So even though I was sore, I pushed the hill. I was behind everyone because of a VPB. Hal was taking the hill hardest so I didn't think I'd catch him but I did at the end. .88 miles in 7:33 pace. Last time I did this hill (5 weeks ago) I did the hill in 7:42 pace, but I didn't crest the hill as much so it was .82 distance. We did the Salem loop and met up with Darin then went around the golf course. By this time it was just Darin, Hal, Josse and I. Josse said she wanted to take it easy but I was feeling pretty good so I went a little faster with Darin, but our pace kept dropping, eventually below 7 min pace. I turned around for Josse, and we finished up with Hal. 8:02 ave pace. Very hot morning but at least there were clouds so no direct sun in the face. I didn't notice any hamstring issue other than some tightness.
Ice bath after, which I was able to make colder by freezing sandwich ziploc bags full of water. I had five of those, three cold packs, and the whole ice making container in the tub with me. I stayed in an extra long time and there were still the five ice chunks (shrinking but still there). I think I'll make these bags more often because the last time I went in the ice bath it didn't feel cold enough. weight 122
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