Best Run of the Year

Setting the bar low is the key, isn't it? Ran the Resolution Run this morning. It was a gorgeous morning, clear and wind-free. A little cool - below freezing at the start, but warming up to the mid-30s by the end. 

In light of my calf (still tight from Monday), I set a goal of 25 minutes and came in just under that, about 8 minutes a mile. No bad considering my calf started cramping.

In the car.

On the drive over to the race.

I don't get it. Yeah, I strained it on Monday. Light run Tuesday. Bike on Wednesday. Day off Thursday AND Friday, yet when I started driving over this morning after TWO DAYS REST my calf started cramping up. I hadn't even run yet, for heaven's sake. It gave me problems during the warm up, of course, so I resolved not to push. I woke up this morning thinking that sub-24 was very doable, but dropped back to 25 minutes, which is about an 8 minute mile pace.

And my leg gave me no trouble at all during the run.

And when I got done and was walking around after the run it started cramping again.

I don't get it. I don't get it and I don't like it. Grrrrrr.

But it does set a pretty low bar for the next 5K I run this year. I guess that's a good thing. And it is my best run of the year so far.