Snowbird Invite 5k
With the plantar aching I had nothing but bad feelings coming into this race, but it was all set up and I wasn't planning on not doing it. I really wanted to get the feel of going out faster in a 5k which I haven't done since 2004 and haven't done with even the slightest bit of success since 2003. Aaron Lanzel came over from Jacksonville to rabbit me going 67's through 2 miles. Unfortunately, things didn't go exactly to plan. We went out faster than what I would have liked, 4:25. I felt good though as long as I was sticking right behind Aaron even though after 1000m there wasn't the slightest sound of anyone near me from behind. But over the next 2 laps I realized that as soon as Aaron stepped off that my pace would be slowing down. Unfortunately following that realization Aaron stepped off the track at 1 1/2 miles leaving me with over half the race to keep this blistering pace all by myself. Not going to happen. I tried to settle in to a comfortable pace but that was probably around 70-71 pace over the next two laps so at 2 miles I called it a day hitting the 3200 in 9:05. The foot actually felt good during the race (afterwards not so much). I didn't have any sort of a racing mindset and I wasn't going to be able to time trial a time I wanted. It was good though to get the feel of going out hard and with someone in front of me I was quite comfortable. Overall it was a good experience even though I didn't like dnf'ing. I also decided, even before the race, to take at least 3 days off, maybe more, to get this plantar problem resolved. Ideally it'll be better with that much time off and I can use gate river run as a first workout back doing it as a long tempo run. In a perfect world that's how it's going to workout. | 