Day 1-12 July 5000m 6pm start temp 32 C
This was rough. It's now been boiling and above normal for three weeks. By the time our evening start came, it was still 33C and sunny! The race walkers went at 1PM and it was 34! I had decided it was not a day for records and it was going to have to be a tactical race. I started out in back and moved up gradually by halfway, but just could not switch gears to pass the 1st and 2nd place ladies just ahead. It was so frustrating too because both of them were significantly slower than my previous two 5ks-yes it was hot and that did it. I was feeling overall crappy and ended up nearly a minute off my time from just six days earlier. I was not alone though, many others were in the same boat. So, a bronze it was and I was having serious doubts about my ability to come back on Sunday morning in this heat and do it in the 10,000m. Saturday was a rest day in between the 5 and 10.
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