Spring Summary

My plan to run the Colorado marathon May 9 in Ft Collins was thwarted by right Achilles tendonitis I got in the Boulder Distance Classic 15K April 24. I had decided to run 8 min/mi in the BDC because I had a terrible cold in early April that ruined my marathon training and I was not going to have a pleasant experience or reasonable time in the marathon. Missing the long run and peaking made my body susceptible to injury and in retrospect I should have just jogged the BDC. I used a calf compression sleeve and that helped me a lot sooner. I was able to run the Bolder Boulder in 54:56, 8:50 min/mi. This put 22/160 M62, not bad considering I could barely walk after the BDC.