Sun 2/3 - AM 1:50 incl. 6m in 33:15

Got a bit ahead of myself with the hard effort today, after being able to run easy without major problems the past two days. Warmup was purposefully long, just under an hour all told, to give the calf a chance to loosen up. That was a bit much but I wanted to make sure it was loose. Course was a flat 3 mile loop, first loop went well enough in 16:22 but the second loop muscle fatigue set in and the calf became increasingly sore and the pace slowed as a result to 16:53. As there were no splits and the course was advertised as a 5k loop, I was running on feel the first lap and when I saw the time, I was too fast for what I had planned and so backed off the effort the next mile. In fact the pace was dead-on the first loop, and in the end I didn't have any choice about slowing down the second loop as the calf stiffened up. It was more swollen than painful afterwards, but in hindsight I should have stopped after one loop. Even better hindsight, I should have given this event a pass and gone for another easy run instead.