Sat 1/25 - PM 65 minutes incl. track mile

Underwhelming at best. While not quite as down in the mouth beforehand as last week's dud of a race, I wasn't exactly brimming with confidence. Calf had a lot to do with this attitude, while it's been worse before races in the past it's also been much better. In its current state not able to get anything like 100% elasticity out of it. Not surprisingly given the nearly identical time, this race followed a nearly identical pattern as well. Maybe a bit slower the first half (2:22.xx, evenly split) before an inexorable fade over the back half. Km mark 2:58, 3/4 about 3:35, lap to go 4:12. I thought it was a gentle fade but the splits show a more sudden transition. Whatever the case, averaging over 1.5 seconds/lap slower adds up. The ongoing feeling of underlying fatigue was a factor as well of course, but it's become such a part of the landscape there are times I can't perceive its existence. Cooldown was on the long side for a change, over 30 minutes in fact. Calf stiffened up a fair amount during the cooldown alas.