Race day! Mile shakeout at 6am then another mile warmup at the course
Felt pretty good going into it, my hips were sore from yesterday. Also Drew realigned my SI joints before heading to the course, they were really far out today. I’ve been having issues with them all week but it’s something I’m used to. Not a big deal just a pain. Drew’s going to check to see if it’s caused by a muscle imbalance or if one leg is longer than the other or something next week. I’ve also been feeling some pain in my left plantar fascia but that’s something I’ve had before too and is something I can easily manage.
This was the absolute hilliest course I’ve ever run. Including Foot locker and Roy Griak. It was all hill excepting maybe a quarter mile. But the surrounding area was pretty :)
Paul said to not even worry about time, but to stay competitive and race hard. I’m glad he said that. It was a really hard course.
There were three loops, one 1k loop and a 2k loop that we did twice. The 1k loop is where all the flat is. And it’s the first 200 or so meters haha. Then it’s a steep hill, then steep downhill, then another 100ish of flat to the 2k loop. Then steep uphill for a k, levels out for like 100 meters total then steep downhill for a little less than a k and do the loop again. It was fun! I was just glad to race. Averaged 7:19 lol. Mile splits were 7:37, 6:53, 8:06, and 6:34 pace for .88. I stayed focused and worked hard so that’s all that matters. My last 800 was a 2:50 with the downhill, Paul just wanted us to run a fast last 800 so mission accomplished haha. It was tough cause at that point my legs were shot and I was just trying not to let my legs collapse out from under me and go tumbling down the mountain. Downhill is hard but I was able to use it well.
Cooled down to 7.75 with Danielle
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