Fila Relays August 31, 6:30 pm (total 7.5 miles)

Ran 20 min in the morning to warm up and did a little stretching. Did one massage today with Lino at 8:15 am and then took the rest of the day off. I went to Central Market and shopped and ate a light b'fast of toast and 2 egg whites. Ate a 1/2 turkey sandwich w/ avocado, tomato and lgt mayo with some corn chips for lunch at about 1:15 pm. Felt a bit of a side stitch until 40 min before the race. Cameron and I drove over and he walked with me to the park. We got there about 5:45 pm. The race started at 6:40 pm, late. I warmed up with Cindy Salazar. did some drills and 4 strides. I was the first leg so i got in the front about 3 people deep and we waited about 10 min before they shot the gun off. i went out hard and at the 800 i looked and I was at 2:48, is that too fast? i slowed a bit but not much. I pushed hard for the 400 before the mile split, 5:48. the middle half mile had a hill in the garden center and I hit a 3:10. I was hurting in my chest but I just kept pushing. I passed 2 girls and I wasn't about to let them pass me. I heard Ricardo yell a couple of times and it helped. I ran east on Barton Springs and there was a nice downhill and i kept telling myself, you can hurt for 5 more minutes, push, push....I started to open up and turned into Zilker. I ran hard and had good leg turnover as I headed towards Cindy S. I handed off the wristband and looked at my watch. I had run the last mile in 5:45 pace. HOLY COW! I've never done that with 1.5 miles in my legs. I had just run a 14:49 for 2.5 miles, a 5:56 pace....This is a turning point...

10K in Boston is next, Oct. 8th.

Cooled down for 15 min and had a beer and taco with Cam. Storms started to come in and blow everything around. we ran for the car and then it started pouring...just in the nick of time....