I started off slow to give my heel and calf a good warmup before pushing them. I honestly wasn't sure how far I could run today, because it felt irritated from even walking this morning. The beginning of the run went over the railroad tracks and downhill, and that downhill immediately irritated my heel so I had to slow down considerably. As I went through the first mile, though, it started to feel a bit better. I basically built to a reasonably fast run pace through the rest of the race. I was still afraid of breaking into a sprint at the end, but I kept up a hard run through the last half mile. I felt like I was in really good shape - only had a bit of trouble in the last half mile after going up a fairly steep side street which got my heart rate pretty high.

Nothing. I was thrilled with this, considering how my leg has been feeling for the past few days. If I had not been injured, I would have wanted to go out much faster than I did. This was probably good practice for the Philly half in March, where I will definitely want to start slow and build.

Walked around. Sat in the back seat to keep my leg extended on the way home (it's been knotting up when I've been in the car the past few days). Took a nice hot shower and stretched a little. Right now, a few hours later, I'm not having any problems.


Injury.