Two mile warmup in 13:03, then seven miles at MP, as follows:
5:43(151) | 5:43(154) | 5:41(156) | 5:42(156) | 5:45(156) | 5:37(159) | 5:41(160)
Recovered to 120HR in :56, and to 110HR in 1:09. Two mile cooldown in 12:50.
I'll add some commentary later...have to get to work! Good run.
Run Two | Weather | Supplemental | Nutrition | Sleep | Injury
4 comments:
Nice, very nice. How are you feeling about the race, what with only a few weeks left? To think that you started "training" for this 12+ weeks ago, all that work, and the race is that much closer now. I'm looking forward to your performance.
I'm assuming you've followed the Ryan Hall story, and read his blog about his first marathon experience at London? I thought his commentary was interesting, about enjoying the sights and sounds for the first 16 miles or so. Keeping the pace honest but feeling really good, then the monkey really jumped on his back in the last few miles. I think a lot of first-time marathoners (at least those training specifically for it) have similar experiences, even if they're not getting sideways glances from Paul Tergat and Haille Gebreselassie.
You've done great prep work. You should be lookinf forward to this thing. I just hope the lovely Fargo weather doesn't let you down.
I'm betting tomorrow will be your best long run yet. You should be just about on top now. Enjoy the peak and get enough rest to make it last through Fargo.
Thanks, guys. Michael, I'm feeling good about the possibilities. I'm definitely going to be conservative, and go with what I know through 21-22 miles. We'll see where things are at that point.
Speaking of weather, I'm hoping for some terrible shite! Seriously! I trained through it all winter, why not reap the benefit of all that practice? Nice weather will affect everyone equally. Some really nasty garbage weather would be a positive thing for my race.
Hopefully the training pays off and the monkey doesn't show up until well after 20 miles. I've done a lot of practice with fluids and nutrition over the last year, and I think I have any kind of fueling or cramping problems covered. I have some concerns about my lacking leg strength and concomitant muscle damage because of it, so we'll have to see how that plays out.
Mike, so far, I don't feel like I'm at much of a peak. I still feel like I'm in my tent at North Col, anxiously awaiting the acclimitisation hikes to the high camps. The way I feel right now, I'm still at 90% coming up. At this rate, I'll peak around mile 18 of the marathon! It's a good thing, though.
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