Steve - 10.5

I knew this race was going to be tough after not running much this week in the wake of my Achilles injury. I didn't help matters by not allowing a lot of time to get there. I made it to the main parking lot 20 minutes before the start. Problem was parking costs 10 dollars and I didn't have any dollars. So I had to drive another mile to find a parking spot. I had 10 minutes to get to the start and check in. I usually prefer to ease into my warmup, but I didn't have a choice on this race day. As approached the start line, I heard the national anthem playing. I made it to the race check-in, got my bib, laced in the chip on my shoe, and got as far forward in the crowd as I could. The gun went off and I had to run through the dregs of the competitive running world for 200 meters before I could settle into my pace. I don't really have any other description of the race besides just trying to run evenly while ignoring the pain. There were mile markers for once finally, so I have my splits. (6:45, 6:42, 6:38, :37) My chip fell off with a mile left, so no official time, but I crossed the line in 20:42 on my watch. No doubt that if I could have warmed up more and had some extra time before the race, I could have been much closer to 20 flat. I'll take this time though. My PR (20:36) will fall in my next race(maybe June 21, two days before I fly to Eugene) as I get back into my regular mileage and workouts this week.

1 mile wu
5K in 20:42 (6:45, 6:42, 6:38, :37)
6.4 mile cd in 59:39 (9:19)