Ran the striders 10k today. My goal was to treat the race as more of a speed workout. THus cruise the first 5k and run progressively the rest of the way. I started the day by warming up on the 4 miles of the course I had not seen. The hills were not as bad as I had previously thought. Sorry Paul, not dissing your GIS skills.
So I started out as slowly as the leaders would let me, which still felt fast. I really tried not to push the pace up the climbs as I am not in clinbing shape yet. At the top of the last climb I knew it was time to start racing so I gradually started running faster and faster. At this point there were only 4 in contention; Paul, Corbin, Joe and me.
At mile 4.5 I decided I had plenty left to go for a win so I pushed the pace and nobody responded. At that point I just concentrated on quick turnover and high knees. I could hear Corbin catching me but I don't currently have the high end speed to do anything about it so I stuck with my game plan. It worked this time...as Tom Petty wrote: every body gets lucky sometimes.
Cooled down 3 miles. | 