Saturday Sep 30 |
 | running race (roads) 1:28:14 [4] 13.1 mi (6:43 / mi) vdot: 52.1 | |
| shoes: Asics 2100 - 2 |
| Applefest Half Marathon. Yummy apple crisp!
Felt very nervous, but well rested. Settled quite quickly, and basically felt very smooth and even throughout, though I couldn't seem to speed up more at the end. Guess that means I paced it right.
Splits: 6:22, 6:53, 6:32, 6:28, 6:49, 6:24, 6:44, 6:51, 6:47, 7:16, 6:58, 6:38, 6:43, :39. Looking at this, the shape is similar to last year, except for miles 10-13. While all the earlier splits are much faster, the last 4 mile are very similar to last year ... of course then I was chasing down 2 women, to get me to 2nd place ... and this year there were no women in sight (2 or 3 minutes ahead), so I guess the inspiration was lacking!
The day was beautiful - temps in the 50s, and I will definitely be back. 3rd place, a PB ... and a huge basket of apples. |
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| C • That's a great result! 5 |
Friday Sep 29 |
| running (treadmill) 26:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Pegasus 3 wide |
| Very easy, just to shake the legs out. All the rest this week is working - my right leg seems okay. |
Wednesday Sep 27 |
| Note | |
| (sick) |
| Nasty head ache, and sore throat. Boy was I not thrilled to hear that strep throat has been going around Bridget's class ... hopefully lots of sleep will get me better by Saturday. |
Tuesday Sep 26 |
| running (treadmill) 26:00 [2] | |
| slept:7.0 shoes: Pegasus 3 wide |
| 5:45am. Watched the end of Groundhog Day - better than the morning news. Felt fine. No tightness. Set the incline at 2% because I listen to my dad :-) |
Monday Sep 25 |
| Core Strength 4:00 [1] | |
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| Straight leg lifts. |
| running intervals (treadmill) 15:00 [4] | |
| shoes: Pegasus 2 |
| 6 x 400m at cruise pace (6:18). Just .1 recovery. Felt very easy! Watching 'Mystery' on TV, and even over-ran a few times as I wasn't paying attention to the distance. |
| running warm up/down (treadmill) 27:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Pegasus 2 |
| 7:45pm. Felt really relaxed and comfortable tonight. Stretched pretty well after. Right knee a bit cranky, and leg a bit tight, but nothing like a few days ago. |
Sunday Sep 24 |
| orienteering 52:00 [3] | |
| slept:8.0 |
| Didn't push hard. Had a couple errors - two due to me, two due to the map (they did have a disclaimer at registration about how the map is basically 20 years old ...)
Had fun though. Leg doesn't hurt orienteering ... or maybe that was the ibuprofen! |
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| C • easing off 2 |
| Core Strength 8:00 [1] | |
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| Abs and leg lifts. |