morning - Well I had good intentions with this race, but shut it down pretty quick. Started with a warmup of the loop the course (10K did the loop twice) - noticed that the course was measuring long. My plan for the race was run hard from the gun and hold whatever I could. I also decided to run with just my watch, not the garmin; I'm not sure why, I just though it might help me focus on racing instead of all the pacing... First mile was 5:04, a little quick, but not really if that's where I am going to be eventually, and I wasn't working that hard really. Stayed about the same distance behind the 5K leader throughout the first half of the race. Then coming close to the turnaround, I just shut it down. I didn't feel as quick as I knew I needed to be to get a good time, the race had no mileage markers for the 10K (besides mile 1) so I couldn't even get splits, and there was no racing going on to make me drive. So I just figured to keep it steady and win, but live to run hard next week at Summer Games, which is what I am going for anyway. Ran James in, he ran well and got 4th, then cooled down with a few of the guys. Nothing to thrilling. (Stratus 459.8) (Ohana 48.95) Hit goals pretty good for the week. Great 1/2's and right on with the mileage. Didn't hit the water as much as I wanted and missed a couple core workouts. Goals for next week: Be fresh and determined for Summer Games and let that lead me right into WBR. Mileage should be around high 80's this week.
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