80 deg/50% ... not too bad. I think we have next 3 days hitting 90 & that will be it for the year! Forecast high of 72 for Saturday, hope that is accurate, as I have a super hilly trail Half with close to 5,000' of climb & descent. My legs are feeling the higher mileage, but they felt a little better as the run progressed. As a mens of measuring my improvement, I decided to look at my St. George splits from last fall where I got my BQ with a 3:20:49 .... my fastest split was 7:05 & I only had 8 miles where I went under 7:20 pace. I am pretty excited about this, as 6:30 miles downhill have become relatively easy for me ... so I conclude I am light years ahead of where I was. The only question now is how my legs are going to respond the last 8 miles after cranking out 18 faster miles ... and that is something I guess we never know until race day! Was happy with today's run, just wanted 8 minute miles. I saw a friend walking there dog at the 3 mile mark and walked about half a mile with her ... and got to refresh my water bottle from her fridge! Every couple miles from there I took about a 30 second breather to hydrate. This helped my pace to be a little higher while staying relatively comfortable.
| Split |
El Gain |
El Loss |
Avg Pace |
| 1 |
201 |
154 |
8:26 |
| 2 |
165 |
239 |
7:49 |
| 3 |
173 |
103 |
7:54 |
| 4 |
43 |
3 |
7:47 |
| 5 |
86 |
122 |
7:44 |
| 6 |
122 |
66 |
7:54 |
| 7 |
44 |
120 |
7:28 |
| 8 |
0 |
77 |
7:17 |
| 9 |
68 |
48 |
7:20 |
| Summary |
902 |
932 |
7:44 |
PM - Went to Alex's cc meet and did 14 strides of about 115meters each on the football field, totaling 1mile, OAP: 4:53 Also ran some around tghe course to cheer Alex on, but not counting that! Course ended with about 350 meters on the track, so I met him at 400 meters to go, clock read about 18:50, so I told him to put the hammer down and go for the sub 20, and then proceeded to chase him around the track egging him on. probably the most obnoxiour (or supportive)parent there depending how you look at it. He has a relatively good kick & finished strong , but crossed in 20:01. Guess i should have met him 20meters earlier! lol Still a great race for him, much tougher course than last Saturday, and alot hotter. He was mad he missed by a second, but i told him he got an A for effort in my book, being only 6seconds off his Saturday time. Meeta are fun, makes me wish I was in high school again!
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