Time to go 10K shopping

RUN 6.6 miles in 56:57 for an 8:38 pace
BIKE COMMUTE 9.4 miles

Here's an interesting finding -- today's FP loop was done faster than my recent 10K PR of 54:32 at an 8:46 pace. Granted, my new pace would only shave off less than a minute (yes I did the calculations). But -- sounds like an easy PR! I found a few options, but will wait to see if I'm doing the Eclipse Half Mary in Sept.

Perfect running today. Weather, friends, park, energy, couldn't have improved on anything. BE and I slowly pulled away from the group on Skinker Hill, and we didn't see them again until the visitor's center. The run felt great for me until about mile 5, at which my outer quad muscles just above the knee started to ache, more so on the right side but it was bilateral. At the 6 mile I said I needed to slow just a bit to get my form back, but in reality didn't slow all that much. I'm still working on being able to hold my form consistently. But I can really feel the difference when I fix it!

When we finished, I realized that I ran the loop faster than the United Way 10K a month ago! And admitted that I should sign up BE to pace me, haha!

BUT -- gotta note this here -- my upper back is still bothering me. It was yesterday too, but I tend to ignore stuff like that until it becomes a trend or repeats. It's the back between the shoulder blades, it feels like it wants to spasm, like I need to roll it, like it's got voltage running through it. No tingling, or pain. But sometimes it radiates through the ribs and I can feel a squeezing feeling in my chest. Is that the anxiety of having back discomfort? Or a radiating effect?

It was bad biking into work, bad on/off during work, and now I'm getting ready to ride home again. Is this a mental trick, like a taper pain ahead of the race? Don't think so, but it's crossed my mind. Might skip the swim tomorrow, like I skipped over it today. Just rest it. And see what happens.