Sun 4/10 - PM 85 minutes incl. 5k/10k road race

About what I expected, not a good thing as I was quite downcast about how this would go. About 30 seconds behind where I was in these races a year ago under broadly similar conditions. Lack of any kind of actual training, as opposed to just running, makes for dulled fitness. Still being on antibiotics and staying up too late the past two nights didn't help either. Felt flat and tired on the warmup before the 5k. Obvious on the starting line that the race was just deep enough to make a money spot doubtful. Stayed with the lead group for the first half of the race, first 3/4 mile being into a stiff breeze made for what felt like a tactical pace. Happy to catch a draft through this stretch. Once the moves started I was spit out the back and that was that. More or less gave up at 2.5 or so, last uphill mile of 5:40 after hitting two miles in 10:20 attests to this. Left adductor tightened up a bit after this, some soreness in the QL/SI joint as well. Spent some quality time with the lax ball during the break between races. The 10k was just a bit deeper as well, ran about as well as I could have asked for given the nature of the double. After hitting two miles in around 11:20, hit mostly around 5:50 pace the rest of the way. A little quicker on the flat and downhill miles a bit slower on the uphill miles, overall very focused if sluggish. Like last year, pulled away from an overambitious triathlete just after halfway. Thought I might be catching up to the guy ahead of me on the final climb after 5 mile mark but once things flattened out it became clear that was a bridge too far. Left leg held up better than I thought it would during the race although after all the hard running it began stiffening up immediately after finishing. This continued through the rest of the afternoon. Unpleasant surprise of the day was how stiff and sore the left ankle was before, during, and after the day's activities. Warm temps, fairly windy but could have been worse.