18:42? then OW

Lol not good news when every post ends in ow. Ran at HCS 5k at reservoir today along with Darin. Nice course 90% on grass with a little road. Mowed etc 3 loops with 2 short steep hills one slightly longer than the other that you did twice. Some turns. So did 1.5 mile WU then 4 strides etc and go. STarted out at a relatively sensible pace behind the front group- one guy was far out ahead then about 5-6 people that I was at the back of. They slowly pulled ahead from about 1/2 mile to mile mark they were already prob 10ish sec ahead by that point. One guy I was going to try to stick with randomly stopped at the mile mark heh. Then Doug Mock came by right after the steep hill after the mile and rapidly pulled away hmph. He told me later he was 530 at the mile so I was in that range possibly like 528 or so- that is not bad def it didnt feel terrible so thats good as well esp considering I ran a 1 mile race in 518 2 months ago.
      However then the plodding started lol. I was basically by myself at that point as Doug pulled ahead and passed a couple more people- there was one kid in sight but he was 80 or so meters ahead(or more) and I wasnt going anywhere so I was just trying to cover ground without falling over heh. Did second loop,did third loop- I took about 3 peeks behind just to make sure- noone was super close- and finished it off in just over 1840 I think like between 40 and 44 somewhere. Then while I was waiting for Darin my calves cramped up significantly and my knee started to hurt significantly also hmph. Calves are obv no problem(good thing I wore training shoes though heh)- the knee was obv the left one it was more of the upper knee like where the quad attaches on the left side. The standard lower knee bump is sore but just that- pretty standard. So hopefully it wont be too sore tomorrow- I iced it a good amount which helps obv but we'll see. We're supposed to do 9 tomorrow Im not sure ill be able to we shall see.
     So the race was ok overall honestly. It sucks to run that hard and run 1840 ugh but its just a starting point- obv havent had a 5k race in like 7-8 months. If things go well another one in 2 weeks try to stay in that front group a little longer. Mainly just try to stay healthy of course. Also im clearly doing better than 2 months ago so thats good just keep that up.