Race Day

A week late - but it has been another busy few weeks.  My race day prep started with a nor'easter and lots of shoveling.  Back hurt Friday, but felt better during Saturday's leg-warmer.  But then I got roped into grooming the pooch - and the back really didn't' like that.  I took 2 ibuprophen before heading out to the race Sunday and started out with a 6:38 mile, but then the hill kicked in and the back did was not happy.  Struggled in with a 7:17, 7:17 the last 2 miles - including a good 20 second stoppage in mile 2.    22 minutes total.  Utter crap race. 

Had a nice run yesterday though.  7:36 pace over 5 miles - nice cutdowns: 7:49, 7:45, 7:41, 7:21 and 7:22.  Really nice feeling.