Hit the Trails 5k

I ran a local 5k this morning here in The Woodlands.  At $40 plus active .com fees, the race was Woodlands pricey for  a 5k; however, the race was put on by Girls Run for a great cause!  I learned of the event a couple of weeks ago from a company email.  The plan was to get 5 of us to run to get a $1,000 heart & health grant through work to further benfit this great cause.  Plan fell through and only 2 of us participated in the event.  The plan is to get a grant for next year Girls Run events.
My Garmin decided to sleep in this morning.  I had the dreaded low battery message when I went to put it on after finding my satellites.  I ran it for my 1 mile warmup run; it died around .75 miles.  I went ahead and removed my HR monitor when I got back from the warmup.  My left calf let me know that it was there while I warmed up so the plan on the fly was to just have an easy run this morning.
The trails became the concrete after a heavy soaking rain Thursday put the trails under water.  3 loops in the parking lot wasn't so bad for a 5k; however, I can see why people are not big fans of the 3 loop Houston Half Marathon run on Allen Parkway.
I ended up with a 24:12 clock time.  The first mile was around my warmup pace of 9:00; mile 2 was around 8:00 and the third loop was around 7:00.  The calf felt a little tight but I didn't have the same sensation that happened last Saturday at mile 6 of the 10k.
Depending on how things feel tomorrow morning, I  think I'll head up to Huntsville to get in some mileage there in preparation for next weekends Rocky Raccoon 25k Saturday morning.  No sleeping in next Saturday with a 7:00 race start up in Huntsville State Park.  I could get spoiled with 9:00 am local start times like todays.
I haven't entered today's mileage yet but I know that my marathon training is headed in the wrong direction this month.  I logged 120 miles in September; I know I didn't break 100 this month.  Too many races and no real motivation are dragging me down.  November only has 2 races and hopefully awesome weather so the mileage should be back up.