March 4th, Sunday

20 minutes of gentle running and swimming today to sooth tired muscles ……..

My legs and feet have responded well to yesterday’s 5k effort,  only normal morning aches and some stiffness.

My personal analysis of my race indicates that lack of aerobic fitness hampered my performance in the second half of the race.  My legs were able to respond when called upon, but I could not sustain surges.  I am also not psychologically race fit.  I feel like I backed off when things got tough instead of pushing through the distress.  During the course of the race I remember retreating to the default position when things got tough that it was ok to relax and post a fair time rather than push for a better time.  I guess I need more miles, more races and more guts if I really want to run a fast 5k.   But first a healthy triathlon!

Stats are good!