Things were going great in this race for me until my left hamstring pulled and I was thrust into a painful walk/jog from miles 11-13. I am pretty down about this. I was on track for about a 1:27. A huge boost from my UVM half time in early June. My splits tell the story of today: 6:21 6:30 6:42 6:30 6:40 6:45 7:04 6:50 7:00 7:00 (then hamstring pulled up at the top of a hill here) 8:50 8:00 9:24. Why me? Why do I keep getting hurt? I pulled this hamstring a bit at the track on Tuesday. The track will forever be banned on my workout regime! :( But I had to finish. I had to keep going. I dedicated this race to my nephew Vaughn. He has been in primary childrens all week. He was vomiting non stop for over a week. Dehydrating and looking like death. He is only 7 weeks old. So in the end, he was the reason why I didn't DNF. So a walk jog it had to be. Mass pain! I felt really good. I had planned on doing a 7 min pace through mile 11. And I had plenty left in the tank for a 6:50 for the last 2 remaining miles. That was the plan until the hammy pull.
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