Against the better judgement of those here who would counsel me to not run given the slight Achilles
strain I have struggled for a week, and with much trepidation, I went ahead and participated in this
year's Seal Beach 5K/10K event. The strain held steady, only bothering me on a couple of occassions.
My overall time, 57:34:22 was not a PR (in fact, 3 sec slower than my worst 10K time), but
respectable since my PR, on this same race last year, was
56:15:44. Not bad considering I was running tentatively and two of the miles featured significant
head winds.
As for the race, I truly enjoyed its local flavor and smaller crowds (2,000 altogether for the 5 and
10K events). I love how it ends by the peer and how I can cool down as I look over the Seal Beach
Peer and the Pacific ocean, and the breezes (strong ones, this year) that welcome you there.
Definitely a must-do-again race.
Now, for a week of rest and/or cross-training on the stationary bike and see how this thing feels a
week from now.
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