re: Stacks
The Chiba Ekiden went really well for me. I ran 13:38 on the roads (net downhill of 25m) in my first 5km in almost two and a half years.
The Chiba Ekiden went really well for me. I ran 13:38 on the roads (net downhill of 25m) in my first 5km in almost two and a half years. Going into the race I figured I could finish fourth and hopefully pick off the Kenyan, Yuichiro Ueno or Mottram. I ended up fourth and those were exactly the three guys in front of me.
I started out at the back of the pack and went through 800m in 2:12, that was the only split I got. From 800m to 1200m I passed about half of the 15 competitors and then slowly made my way into third with about 1km to go. Ueno unleashed a kick, left me in his dust and caught the Kenyan. The Canadian team ended up 8th overall.
Unfortunately I picked up some sort of virus on the way home and I’m pretty damn sick. I can’t even imagine racing Nationals this weekend unless things get a lot better really fast. So that’s the short summary, time for sleep…