Wayne and I ran the Cascade route. We actually managed sub-8:30 pace for a mile near the end then sub-8:00 the last 1/4 mile, but only about 9:00 pace overall. But that's faster than most of my training runs this year, so I'll take it. Ever since I developed PF pain in my right heel in January I've been trying to get in enough miles to have a hope of finishing the Squaw Peak 50 without the training making my PF pain worse. I've been fairly successful I think. The pain is still there, some days worse than others, but it's not getting worse and is manageable. I've been focusing on more miles and time on my feet instead of speed, so I'm curious to see how much speed I'll be able to pull out for the neighborhood 5K on Saturday. I plan to not run on Friday to rest my foot a little. We have a team run Saturday morning so I plan to run 6-8 miles easy early in the morning with my teammates as a warm up for the 5K. I don't plan to PR or win the 5K so I'm not concerned about how fast I can run, just curious. There are a lot of fast youngin's in the neighborhood. It will be fun to see who shows up and how we all finish.
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