Notes
Loyola Lakefront - most miserable weather I have ever experienced at a meet - 20mh winds with 33mph gusts - felt like much more than that right on the lake though - as I noted last night, this week killed me - I was almost not even going to race at all, but then I realized that if I didn't I would have to do a workout on my own - I decided that taking the race as a tempo was a much better option - raced the first and last 800m or so and held back on the middle miles - after the second mile in 12flat I decided that maintaining 6flat pace would be a good stratagey...but then they took all the clocks down presumably because of the wind - ended up a bit slower than 6 but still close - stomach was pretty messed up before the race and I started without a good poop stop - stomach was still okay for most of the race - legs felt pretty good but I was still tired in general - really held back when running into the wind and taking the hill - despite not feeling very cardiovascularly tired afterwards, my body was very exhausted - this exhaution got worse all day and by night time my body is sore all over, runny nose, cough, jammed sinuses, and feels like fever - this week as really caught up with me - hopefully sleep will help - this would be a great time for all this honey I've been eating to kick in