Notes
8 miles of the Magic Horse Marathon Relay with the OGTC. Our A team was Julie, Emily, Matt Dynan, Austin and myself (after Ryan OC couldn't make it). I feel pretty good about how this went considering running hasn't felt super good lately. Achilles was fairly comfortable once I started and my right foot felt slightly sore at one point but I mostly didn't notice it which I hope means it's still getting better. Curious how that will feel tomorrow.
First mile I swear is a GPS glitch but I'll take it. Maybe it was just adrenaline because I felt very relaxed after the first quarter. Miles 2 and 3 were fairly easy even with the slight climb and mile 4 was surprisingly tough going downhill. I think I did a good job turning around at 3.97 and somehow my watched didn't reflect the slowed pace with that turn almost at all. No idea how my fastest mile was run uphill in mile 5 but whatever. I felt really good that mile chasing a couple of older dudes on bikes. The next couple miles were tough and I'm sure it showed on my face but I felt like I was keeping myself mostly in check and not getting sloppy. Tried to really put the hammer down in the last mile and I simply could not but that's fine. The last half mile was looooooong.
I guessed yesterday that I could run about 6 minute pace for this so this is an A day for sure. I'm hoping I don't hurt too badly tomorrow and can have a solid week of training coming off of this. Probably just some fartlek at the end of the week.