The Rockville Report

So rockville went acceptably well. Meech was there- warmed up with him and then ran the first 2 miles with him as he was doing a rpogression run. First mile was tolerably paced- 5:32(5:36 on clock)- next mile was ok i felt encouraged that i was actually running a fair pace which helped. Got to two in 11:32 i think-more or less obv so lets say 556 for second mile. Meech passed me and pulled away avec rapidement haha he was out of sight within like 400m. Ran with the 5th woman from about 2.75-4. Its a tiny bit annoying how the 4th mile of this race gets rearranged at least every other year. WHy cant they just stick to one course idk? Anyway we went up back up around 2 uturns in a parking lot heh. So mile 3 was 1735 and mile 4 was 2352- fairly standard. At that point i knew i would get under 30 unless i fell over or something given the last mile. Maurice passed me just before 4th mile and pulled away avec rapidement(sense a theme lol). He is doing well i wasnt even worried about it cuz ill beat him soon obv if i keep running. I was tired on last mile and just stayed steady so several people blew by. Finally with like 150 to go i got a little sick of it so one guy ppulled up alongside and i sped up and pulled away from him. Of course I should be able to outkick anyone in the 2940 area unless i was dying. The main good thing is that i lifted a tiny bit and my tendon/foot didnt hurt so that good. Of course i was prob "sprinting" at like 520 pace lol.

So overall 29:41 which is obv fine for now. Soon hopefully back into 28s (actually on next 8k whenever that is) If its far enough in the future and i keep running maybe skip 28s and go to 27s heh- well see.

My left heel was a bit sore after(no wd just very light stretching and walk back to car). Mildly sore next am and much better after long nap during day. Ran 5 miles with Patty in the evening after watching soccer which was an exciting game won by Japan. It felt ok i was tired from race more than sore. Keep icing which i think i forgot actually grr. Tempo with anna tom. oh try for higher mileage this week i might do an am run tom hopefully mid 50s as i think ive said before.