Race Report: National Press Club 5K

[anarcha]

I ran the National Press Club 5K this morning. Long story short, I was on pace through the first two miles, but dropped out after my legs started to buckle and I felt like I was blacking out. In the hours after the race, it's become apparent that I'm fighting off some sort of bug (massive chills, earache, cough, scratchy throat, headache). I

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[curvemudgeon]

Per my plan, I ran the first mile on the conservative side.

No wonder they were cheering *smooch*

[gregmce]

Argh, sorry to hear about the DNF. It's funny how race-logic and afterwards-logic tell us two different things to do. As frustrating as it is to have stopped close to the end, the first instinct was probably the right one. Better to have stopped than had worse an ending.

Fingers crossed you aren't coming down with something! Take some time off and get better!