Well the fall/winter racing season is now officially over before Houston. Probably my best season since 2006.
There was a 5k/10k time trial on schedule and I hate time trials. So I decided to try and find a 5k in the area. Unfortunately, the only one I could find was in St. Cloud (about a 90 minute drive), so I was almost stuck doing a time trial. Luckily a friend pointed out a race down in Northfield, a more reasonable …

The story is getting old, but another not so good race. I really haven’t been training too hard with the faster paces, but I didn’t expect to be this slow.
The signs weren’t good on Friday. My morning run was a real struggle, but I thought maybe it was just the oppressive humidity. I probably made the mistake of running in the afternoon. I figured it would loosen up the legs a bit. I was wrong. I was going to …