This year started out promising, I hit PR's at all the Salt Lake Track Club Winter Series races in January and February, and then for some reason I got lax on the stretching and by late March I got hit by some serious sciatica/piriformis issues that really slowed me down. Since then I have consistently hit PW's, the slowest 5K and half marathons since 2003. So I knew today would be a PW in the 10K and seriously debated whether I even wanted to run it and have to see the awful truth. But I decided why not, a race would probably be good for me.
So yesterday I stretched and stretched A LOT, trying to get things to loosen up. I had been really tight in my run yesterday and wondered if I could possibly get things better for today. I think I figured out I need to do more hip exercises for flexibility so that's what I concentrated on. Josse told me the pigeon was a good yoga stretch, so I've incorporated that into my routine. Last night I went out with my dog to see how I felt and ran a little and felt pretty good, so I was more confident for today.
So I definitely felt quite a bit looser during the race, which was a good sign. My time was a PW (in the last five or six years) but just the fact that I felt better left me somewhat encouraged.
Our Bingham running group did well, several placed high in the race. Peggy won for the women, Lynette was 3rd, Jessie 4th, Michelle, Julie and Cheris did great, Debbie won her age group, I think Nancy M. did also. Hope I didn't forget any of the women. The men I won't mention, too many to mention. Now our coach STEVE ASHBAKER won the race overall. Yea Steve!! So I'm glad I did it, it was fun. I warmed up before hand and then cooled down, so that's where the extra mileage came from.
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