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.  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…

Thanks Richard Lee for the race pics.