Let it ache: PR IBC Veteran’s Day 5k

Sunday, November 8, 2015

PR IBC Veteran’s Day 5k

After taking 10 days off running to heal my "pain" on the right lateral side of my right foot and dealing with a above average head cold, I figured why not run a 5k today. We decided to run the PR IBC Veteran’s Day 5k in Fairfax, VA. Nic had a 9U Cannons tryout later in the day and Zach had a VSA game in West Virginia so Heather and I let them take the 5k off. However, Heather wanted to get a tempo run in and I just wanted to get a run in b/c I had run 2 miles in 10 days. The 5k was at 11895 Grand Commons Ave., Fairfax, VA 22030 at Fairfax Corner, VA and it was a course we had just run two weeks prior so we both knew it. My legs were pretty fresh but with the head cold just wanted to see if I could get a decent run in. I had no idea what time I would run. So Heather and I do a .75 mile warm-up. I could feel week from not running and being sick but figured getting a nice run in would be good.

The race started at 8:00am so we got to the starting line around 7:50am. I usually like to hop in the front b/c I can usually keep a nice low 6 min pace but today, I figured I would be a min slower so I stayed in the back and wasn't in a real hurry to get out. Anyhey, the gun goes off and the first mile is a tad up and down. After the first mile, I had a decent split of 6:55, not bad for not running at all and just coming back from peroneal tendonosis in my left ankle. My next mile sucked as the second one always does which was a 7:16, I followed it up with a 7:15 third mile and sprinted to the end for a 22:05/7:03 pace good for 37/216 males and 5th out of 28 males in the 40-44 crowd. PR races are always stacked especially on Veterans day when the services run against each other. Anyhey, the only issue I had was a little aching in the left peroneal after the race but that was probably more tightness in the left calf area. Below are some shots of me in the race: