Run fast

76 mile bike ride up LCC and then BCC with Elliot. About +9,100 feet of climbing. I didn't bonk too hard and my butt held up ok considering it was only my third bike ride of the year. 5:05 ride time.

Ran 4 x 1k on the Highland track with Dan, Evan and Neal. It probably didn't reach 90 degrees before 7am which was nice.

Happy 4th of July! The 19th annual Sawtelle Stampede was run today and I think this was my 13th time running it. This year I didn't get to run the kids 1k with my nephews because they started the half marathon before the other races. Turns out that Thomas stopped for two cups of water at the turn around so he didn't place as well as last year. He and Nicolai still finished strong and in the top 10. My race was uneventful from the start but I still tried to run semi fast and the course always takes a good effort. My time was 4 minutes slower than last year which wasn't totally surprising. I finally had my blood work done and it's no good. 38 hematocrit, 270 testosterone and 15 ferritin. This could partially explain my subpar races of late, in addition to my lack of training. Hopefully getting those numbers up will help.