Good luck!
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The announcer reminded me of the unfriendly hill at the end.
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My race had one of those, right at the 2 mile mark. It was about 0.05 miles of a pretty steep incline, really sucked!
I ended up having a little better time than last year. I walked about 2 blocksā worth of hills (one segment I had to due to a bottleneck). The final hill was steep and in the sun, so I didnāt even bother to try running it.
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I finally got out this weekend for a 5k. Way too slow for my liking. Iām supposed to run a half marathon next month, my current goal is to just finish.
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So, I think I might be finally recovered from the trauma of the rugby practice. I have been easing back into running over the past four weeks or so, for the first couple of weeks I was still stiff and also getting a cramp at the bottom of my right calf after a mile or two. I think even that is now finallly dissipated - Monday and today were both 3 miles with no new back-of-knee stiffness or the calf cramp.
Still have a residual pain but thatās persistent and sharp but doesnāt get worse with exercise, so I can take a couple of Tylenol before I go (or after, today) and be back to how I was last fall.
Saturday will be the test, Iām going to try for 5 miles and if I can do that without feeling like Iām making things worse, Iāll get back to making plans. I think a buddy and I are going to do the Indy Half Marathon in October, and I may do the trail one again by my house in November. Probably all I want to commit to right now. If I can do those again and get up to 25+ miles a week for the last 5 months of the year I will be stoked.
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Ran 7 continuous miles this morning. I think my longest before that was 5.5. It actually wasnāt bad, maybe I even enjoyed it.
The front 2 is a lot worse than the back 5 though, gotta say.
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I am finding this to be true much more in the past 3 years than before. I donāt like it. But I do like miles 3+!
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Hope I donāt regret that sample grilled cheese sandwich before the 5k.
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I ran cross country in high school, and my coach used to say āif you run the furnace hot enough, any fuel will burnā. Of course, that was about teenagers and eating in general, not sure about adults before a race 
Good luck!
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Iām in NAās category. I canāt really eat anything before a run or I will usually get a side stich. When I was doing marathon training I would bring some stuff to fuel up during the longer runs.
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Follow up:
I did regret eating it, but only mildly. My time was 10 seconds better than last week! I missed out on the GF donuts, though. 
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My husband, who is a runner but is not in an active running phase in his life, has been telling me how awesome my running is and how he probably couldnāt go that far right now.
So that jerk went out and ran 9.5 miles today, averaging 9:00 per mile. His last mile was just slightly more than 10 minutes. My first mile is often right around 10 minutesā¦
The second paragraph doesnāt negate the first, but it does make me very aware of my own abilities!
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You guys are both crushing it imo. Keep up the good work!
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I have been impressed with your progress.
I know the feeling though. I run three times a week and have been running regularly for decades. My 16 year old son had not run for months, and then decided to go for a three mile run. He said he went kind of hard, but not all out. Under 7:00 pace: faster than I can do. Jerk.
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I might have to borrow that description.
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I went out at 10:30 for a run. It was hot, sunny, and very humid, so about two miles in I realized this was not going to be my best run. I ended up running 8.5 miles, 11.25 miles total, mixture of running and walking. I was hoping to feel good enough to do a half marathon with 10 miles of running, but my feet were done.
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