temps 67 to 60, overcast, sunny, 93% to 53% humidity
The forecast was for rain/thunder for the 1st 2 hours. Fortunately, by race start it didn't look like it was going to rain. It wasn't ideal weather but it was pretty decent running conditions.
I think the 50 mile run last weekend taught my legs a more efficient stride. On Saturday, I was still at 60% normal strength in the right quad but it felt easier to flex my right knee. This gave me confidence that I could break 5 hours.
I started out at a 12:30 pace and sped up to as fast as a 9:40 pace. I got to the half at 2:20 but at mile 16, my right calf felt like it was ready to spasm. I slowed down a little and finished in 4:42. I ran this race in 3:37 last year. I don't think I could have gonna any faster because my weakened quad was fatigueing and the calf was taking over.
While I still limped, my stride is getting longer.
My average pace was 10:46:
2 minutes a mile faster than the OUC Half two weeks ago.
74 seconds a mile faster than the 1st 26 miles of last weekend's 50 miler.
I had a good race and a good day. I enjoyed the company driving to the race, celebrating with wine in the parking lot and lunch with our Track Shack runners.
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