AM - 5 mile road race in 27:35 on this despicable course. Mile splits of 5:20, 5:31, 5:46, 5:44, and 5:14. That race pattern isn't so bad for this course with the enormous hill from about 2.7 to 3.6 miles, but the overall numbers were predictably slack and mildly disappointing. Also predictable was the pain in my tooth and/or jaw that came back to the fore after laying low for the past few nights, not quite as bad as last Saturday night before the horrible effort Sunday but bad enough to leave me in quite the foul mood. Also in no condition to push the pace so I consciously held something back the first mile, sort of. Overall, the effort served its purpose I suppose. Warmup was a very crisp 20+ minutes, cooldown was the same length of time but much much slower as I was fried from the hills. Right hammie also twinged from the effort, not moving so well. Cool with intermittent showers, first mile or so in the middle of a downpour though. Went home and right to bed without eating lunch first as it was 11 AM. Possibly the earliest nap ever. Woke up 4 hours later which gives a sense of how tired I've become lately.
PM - 25 minutes to and from the pond very easy, with 20 minutes in the water. On top of this was the 45 minute or so round trip on the bike to get there for a quasi-mini-triathlon, same as Monday. Hammie mildly strained, not noticeable on the bike but running is another matter entirely.
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