8 am 72 deg 100% hum Was going to not run today, but I was at track to take son to cc practice ...
And I got sucked into 4v4 pickup soccer game last night ... So I was kinda
feeling like I needed to shake my legs out from all that lateral movement! I
really need to get back on a team this fall, it is great cross training for
running! Kinda funny, because I always ran some mainly as crosstraing for
soccer!
2 800s @ 6:30 pace with 800 wu, recovery, & cd Race strategy! I have not raced a half marathon since I can remember, which pretty much
means I will get a PR whatever I run it in! I am a little on the fence as to
what my goal/strategy should be ... I am confident I can break 1:30, and have a
stretch goal of 1:25 ... since it should be a fast course. The only problem
with that is - that is a 6:30 pace, and I definitely do not feel comfortable
going out that fast ... and that would mean running sub 6:30's later in the race
to make up for it ... which is not likely to happen.
First 4 miles is rolling hills - thinking 7:00 miles here (28 min)- pretty
fast for me, but not too aggressive which I would pay a price for later. The
next 6 miles are pretty much downhill - thinking 6:30's here (39 min). The last
3.1 are rolling, but still with a net downhill - thinking 6:45 pace here (21
min).
That would bring me in at 1:28:00 on the button. I would be happy with
that, so guess that will be my plan ... if I am feeling strong, I may try to
shave a little time off each split, but doubt that would be enough to get to
1:25 (although I did figure out if I shave 10 seconds off each split that would
get me a 1:25:50). The alternative is to go out faster & risk blowing up
... but I see little point in doing that ... and ruining what will be a fun
weekend in the mountains! Ok ... I now have a race strategy ... at least until the gun goes off ... which usually coincides with my losing the ability to reason & me taking off like a fool!
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