There has been a lot going on this winter with getting some MAJOR home improvements underway, in addition to my wonderfully busy life as a Mom and Coach. I needed to take some extra rest from my own personal training which left me a little shy on the side of being able to really race the half marathon. I decided to take an approach that would fit well into my training block and minimize recovery. Next up was ITU World Triathlon San Diego two weeks later. I did just that. I ran all out for the first 10k and cruised the last 7 miles. I was relatively pleased with my 10k time coming in at 48:10 beings i have done no speed work yet and that is closer than I have been to my 46 min PR pre hamstring injury in 4 yrs. My next goal was to break the 2 hour mark for the whole race and this became quite challenging. Phew! I was spent! I also took several stops to stretch out a grumpy ITBand that was not liking the 13 miles of concrete. Happy to say my finish time was 1:59 and change. Yay! Best news was i was back to a full schedule of training in two days; just what the doctor ordered.
It was a fun race to see so many friends and athletes on the course that day and even more so, my family at the finish line! I travel for the majority of my races so that is not a common occurrence. Enjoy your training =) www.tristafrancis.com
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