Sun 3/23 - AM 60 minutes incl. 5k road race

Another mediocre (putting it charitably) 5k, flat and tired from the moment I began warming up. I had hoped in the days leading up to this turd that last week's piss poor race was mostly due to fighting off ongoing cold symptoms. While those symptoms seem to be much better now, finally, the end result on the road was depressingly similar. Effort and pace not even close to matching up. Settled into 5th-6th place or so right from the gun with only the most tenuous contact with the last money spot, a chunky triathlete in basketball shorts. I tried to remain focused and pull myself back into contention for that spot  just after the mile when we turned away from the wind but it wasn't happening, at all. Got dropped instead and spent the final 4 minutes in cruise control. Right hamstring sore afterward of course, calf tight as well. The beat goes on, no real sign of improvement on either the fatigue or muscle strain fronts. Not that I'm doing anything substantive about either of those things. It wasn't that long ago that I could actually break 17 minutes for a podunk road 5k but it seems like a million years ago. Chilly with a fairly insistent wind, as usual.