This week started out kind of shaky, but ended pretty well. Last Sunday, I think that I must have rolled my ankle, while running through the tornado with Scott. I don't remember doing it, but as of Monday, my right ankle/shin was sore and swollen. After struggling through my runs and a workout on Tuesday, I ran an easy 5 miles and took a day completely off on Thursday. It wasn't feeling 100% on Saturday at the race, and is actually still a little sore, but I was still able to pull out a decent time.
The Marysville Hospice 10K has pretty much become an annual event for me. The Hospice 5k was the first road race that I ever ran, I first ran it after my freshmen year in high school, and I have ran it all but one year since then. This was my 13th total Hospice race, and 10th time running the 10k. It is a pretty nice race to come back to because a lot of the same people do it every year, so it is a little bit of a reunion. Looking back at my running logs, I have ran a lot of races in the 34-35 minute range, with my two fastest being 32:43 and 32:48. This year, I ran a 32:13, so I was pretty happy with that.
My original goal was to try to run 5:00 pace for as long as I could, but I woke up with a throbbing headache, and by the time I toed the line, I had changed my mind and was just planning on going 5:20 pace. Ben and Charlie Richards were running the 5K, so I tucked in behind them, letting them take the wind, and we came through the first mile and a half at 5:15 pace. I came through two in 10:31, three in 15:55 and the 5K in 16:33. My fourth mile was around a 5:08, and I didn't see my last splits, but I had to have been a little under 10 minutes for the last couple. The wind was at my back for the last two miles, and it helped me get my 2nd 5K down to 15:40. Overall, I am pretty happy with the effort.
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