Have had Achilles tendon problems since doing the Miami 1/2 mary a few weeks ago untrained. Have been trying to work on it and strengthen it, but not really running.

Felt out of shape, but the tendon didn't really even bother me until about 1/2 mile before the end, where I was also beginning to feel my left quad tighten up. I was going to back off in that last 1/2 mile but I mentioned to someone yesterday that I was probably going to be somewhere in the 23-minute range. When I got to the 3-mile mark, I was 23:08 and I thought, if I push it, I can break 24 minutes. So I really pushed it and passed two women and sprinted beyond them right before the finish. When the volunteer took my race number stub at the end of the race, I was shocked when he told me I was 2nd overall!

Not have an injury.

Lots of light jogging and walking and more stretching.


Lack of training.


Had a really good time. I don't do many races that are just running, so it's different. Saw some friends there, Bob did a really good time for his 10K. Then it was time to get back to reality and go home to get the kids ready for their hockey games!