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Purple Stride 5km with Team Tracy

June 10, 2017 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: warm, sunny, not too humid, rising through the 70s?

Comments:
Jogged less than half a mile from the car to the start at Freedom Plaza. Not very enthused to race, but willing to run it like a tempo. Did a few leg swings and 20 seconds worth of drills in the 45 minutes before the start while chatting with Tracys. Started a couple of rows back and tried to just ease into it and find a rhythm. Last year I accidentally won with just 75 miles under me in the month of May. this year I had only 51 miles in May and have had some lower back issues for the past week. There were no mile marks down today, but I suspect I was pretty even with just standard deceleration as we went. Worked through a couple dozen people in the first mile and was sitting around 15th at the mile. Never got into race mentality and spent a lot of time trying not to push too hard, but the last mile and a half certainly felt like I needed to focus to maintain the pace. I was in no man's land (sitting in 11th for most of the last mile and a half, but I did work the last 2 minutes hard (focusing on form) and caught a few in the last 100 meters. Was ninth to cross the line, but the top woman who was a few steps ahead of me had started on the line and I had the 8th fastest chip time. I ran 18:48 by my watch and 18:50 by the online chip results. Satisfied. Didn't feel particularly exhausted for the rest of the day. Felt like a strong tempo. I could tell my hips are out of whack again (since Monday) and every time my left leg hit the ground it pounded. Need another visit to chiropractor and some core work. Been sore ever since the race.