Winning Back What I Lost

I ran the Beat Coach Pete 5k w/ my son this morning.  I'm not counting it as a race because I had to pull up after two miles w/ a horrible muscle cramp/pull in my lower hamstring just above the back of my knee.

I did a half mile warmup. Weather was cool and with a slight drizzle but not too horrible.  I actually started pretty well w/ the first couple of miles @ 6:58 and 6:52.  Unfortunately, I spent a lot of energy early in the race. This race is fun but there are a lot of runners for the size of the course which funnels more than 2k runners onto the narrow greenbelt. Did a lot of dodging, braking and zig zagging the first mile or so but then I thought I was settling into a good rhythmn until I went down a slight decline coming through a tunnel underneath Capitol Blvd. 

That's when my hammie seized.  I sat down for a little while and contemplated whether I would just head back to my car but then I remembered that my son would be waiting for me at the finish. So I got up and walked for about a 1/4 mile and then jogged to the finish. It's pretty sore right now. I've got Robie coming up in a week and, more importantly, I'm knee deep in my marathon training. Hopefully, its just a bad cramp and not an actual tear.