September 19th

XC Invite

I am still wondering if this was such a good idea. My legs were sore as hell from day b4, especially lower calves.

Travis, Matt H, and myself decided to do this race last minute. I figured it would be good to do some speed after long run. Before the run, my legs were toast, real sore. Loosened up a bit, but I was out of breath from just jogging around.

Started out at a decent clip, but was behind Matt and Travis. Breathing was a little heavy. At about 1/2 mile, I passed up Travis and just b4 mile 1, I passed up Matt. Maybe too early because I got tired pretty quickly and mile 1 was 5:40. 2nd mile was a little tougher, but I didn't slow down much. Not sure what the 2nd mile split was, but I came in at 3 in just over 18 minutes. I started running slower and got passed by a few runners. Just trying to keep pace right now. Just beofre mile 3, Matt passed me, but never got too far ahead.

I had to slow down for this mile because there was no way I could finish at pace. Got things together and about hald mile later, things got smoother. I sped up and started running side by side with other runners. Last 800 was kinda rough, but sprinted last stretch and came across in 30:15(6:03 pace). Matt was not even 15 seconds ahead of me, he also had a great race.

Later on, Travis and I took an ice bath to sooth SORE muscles. Definitely helped

Total Distance(w/cooldown): 6.5 miles