Army Ten Mile race in Washington DC. Overall a little slower than goal of sub 58. I thought I was in shape to run 57:30 but I guess not on this day. First three miles felt sluggish but tried to stay relaxed and hoped legs would feel better second half. Hit 5 miles in 28:45 so right on pace for goal. However at this point legs were really heavy and sluggish and I lost focus/intensity for the next 3 miles. I settle for running 6min miles from 5-8 and then picked it up a little the last two miles to make sure I was under 59 at least. More important was that our team finished third place. We actually had the fastest team time in the past 8 years but the competition was very fast this year and we ended up third. Our top runners ran 52 / 54 / 56 / 57 / 57 and I ended up our sixth runner. Big improvements across the board for everyone I was coaching the past three months. In three months our runners improved as follows: July 15th to October 21st Time Improvements: 54:21 - 52:09 = 2:12 improvement 57:30 - 54:14 = 3:16 improvement 62:37 - 56:21 = 6:16 improvement
62:27 - 57:17 = 5:10 improvement 65:47 - 57:37 = 8:10 improvement 62:35 - 58:29 = 4:06 improvement So for 3 months the results of the training I put together turned out very good so I can at least be happy about that.
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