Of Mice and Marathons

Nice little sharpener. At this point, trust the feeling from the big workouts, not today.

Course looks pretty good - kind of loopy, and relatively flat?

Thanks, Jake. Just some non-running stuff messing with me too. Just need to run my race. There will be some fast gents. Just need that first split on my Timex and roll from there. Should be able to work with some guys.

The course is pretty darn flat with some slight hills at the end. But, yes, loopy! I might see if Joe Bell can get me his Garmin data from the last two years and try to get a cross section of the super unreliable elevation charts of the Garmin! I think it will be about as flat as most of my Indy races.

Fun light day for ya. Loopy is right on the course. Looks fun!

Definitely a light workout. Coach Bam got me doing these last year. You make it up basically. Couple minutes here and there around or faster than goal pace, maybe some faster stuff at the end. Between a substantial set of strides and a small workout.

I am feeling the training in my legs a bit. Due for a day off. Think 2 days of 30-40 minutes will smarten them up (hope so). Ultimately the race is a tuneup, but that doesn't mean the A++ goal isn't a 2 minute PR :-)

Loopy loopy! I sometimes practice running tangents. It's hard to do in a race situation. I get the concept, but while running math and geometry are difficult. But the kinds of neighborhoods I will be running in a very similar to my tempo loop area (well, similar but not nearly as nice). There's a short hill (~.2) at the end of 12-13 but it looks gigantic on Google maps; it's maybe 80 feet of gain, which I guess is 400 feet per mile so maybe it not inconsiderable for a young man who runs ~80-100 feet of gain total on easy runs :-)

Your training and volume have definitely been there. One would think a couple light days would get you right where you need to be. This should be good tangent practice for you. It can't hurt any! Unless it's icy of course.

~36-40 degrees. Might be too warm! Training has been simple and sensible I think. I was trying to think about why my legs were SOO flat last year in Carmel. 80 days on. That would do it. Fine for a young, svelte lad with experience, but it is a bit too much for someone not used to streaking that much. 38 days on right now. Through the the weekend and next week, and I'll take a day off whether I want to or not. Was going to rest this past Sunday and probably should have.

good work. your training will get you there. enjoy the race saturday. MIH

Thanks, Spencer. I will have the Spencer-approved #mih ready for my report!