Sat 5/31 - PM 45 minutes incl. track 3k

Mediocre at best, not especially surprising. While I was able to race reasonably well and passed three people once the initial craziness worked itself out, the guys running my seed time were never within reach and the pace lagged significantly from a bit after halfway until the bell. Mitigating factors (i.e. excuses) included pulling buckthorn shrubs/trees in the morning, not the smartest idea of course but a worthwhile experience. Didn't spend that long doing it anyway. More problematic was the underlying feeling of lethargy and stiffness in the right hamstring. Took a nap to try and deal with the former, helped somewhat but not enough. Interspersed squat stands into the warmup drills to deal with the leg which actually seemed to help a great deal at least in the short term. In general, warmup was shorter than I would have liked because I was tardy in arriving at the track. Not the crucial factor however. Obnoxious breeze on the backstretch had some effect on tactics in that I chose to stay tucked behind people a bit longer than I would have otherwise when the pace started to lag for everyone around me. Kilometer splits of 3:06, 3:10, and 3:11. First and last laps were 73, second and third laps around 75, lost the battle for five minute pace after that. The 600m from 2k to 400m to go went in close to 80 second pace, not good. Part of that was the breeze but more of it was a lack of fitness and feeling the right butt start to tighten up. Cooldown done in chunks and not particularly extensive. Thus ends a May with a lot of racing, not so much training.