My soleus is SO JACKED!
This is a new "old man P.R." for me. The last time I did this race in 2009 I think I ran a 1:19. So, I'm definitely making some nice gains. However, I really was hoping to be under 1:15 and had I been looking at my watch I probably could have pulled out 7 seconds - but not much more.
I started off with a 1 mile warm-up. I was hoping to get 3 miles in but I didn't give myself enough time.
1-5:37 - Took off pretty strong, and really started to notice my HR just jump. I think it was a mixture of not getting warmed-up enough and the Alt.
2-5:58 - Heading up the hill my HR was still feeling out of control and I was trying to get myself relaxed and calmed down. About 1.5 miles in Jon Kotter and Nathan Ogden came flying by like we were all standing still.
3-5:20 - Started to get into a rhythm - which is easy going down hill. Finally got into a grove and got my HR down.
4-5:20 - Up to this point I was running with Zak James and Travis Taylor but started to let them gain on me a bit. I really didn't want to go much faster down the hill.
5-5:25
6-5:27 - Soleus started getting tight.
7-5:44- Up the little hill before Tropic. Just tried focusing on my form and ignore my Calves.
8-5:58 - Started to struggle, I pretty much did so the remainder of the race.
9-6:06
10-5:57
11-5:56
12-6:02
13-5:57- Got passed by Jon Armour and tried to go with him, but I was hurting pretty bad.
13.1-5:32pace
After the race it was great hanging out and chatting with all the other runners.
I've spent some good time massaging the legs and trying to get these calves taken care of. I'm just hurting bad. | 