Race Pace

Lots of running, biking, swimming at race pace these days. Today, I ran five minutes to warm up, thirty-five minutes at race pace, and five minutes to cool down. I feel like I effectively reached my goal, averaging 9 mins per mile. As I approached the cutoff and Lasker Hill, I saw some people on the shoulder who were petitioning for more bike paths. I (very quickly) stopped to sign the petition, hence the tiny hitch in my HR. I was grateful for the brief respite though, as I had been running very uncomfortably through bad cramps for the last mile or so. There are two other speed dips right around that HR dip, those were both due to a brief pause to try to work out the cramp. After I hit the west side of the park, things eased up and I finished well. Ouchy.