PM - 4.5 miles down to SHP w/ 2 miles in 10:14 (5:09, 5:05). Got a ride home from the taper patrol.
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From Andrea on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 08:57:05 from 72.37.171.52
Mental Preparation Day!!
From Jake K on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 09:01:04 from 155.100.226.191
I spent the whole run visualizing how cool it would have been to be a member of N'Sync between 1998 and 2001.
Mental preparation - CHECK!
From allie on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 09:10:30 from 161.38.218.168
remember that video from '99 when justin timberlake set a stuffed moose on fire? those were the days.
From Jake K on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 09:12:08 from 155.100.226.191
Now to just find a stuffed moose, a source of fire, and some Justin Timberlake dance moves...
From Bam on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 09:40:02 from 213.191.250.83
How's the weight, fatty?:)
From Rachelle on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 09:44:28 from 159.212.71.200
With the taper in full effect shouldn't you be taking the 7.3 mile route to work? :)
From Jake K on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 09:48:55 from 155.100.226.191
Bam - I'm trying to gain as much weight as possible to take full advantage of gravity at the beginning of this race.
Rachelle - Yes, you would think I should be taking that route... BUT - the direct route requires going up a very steep hill towards the end. As I explained to Andrea yesterday, its actually easier on my body to take the slightly longer route that winds through campus a bit and gradually gets me up to the top of the hill. THAT'S MY STORY AND I'M STICKING TO IT!!! :-)
From Rachelle on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 09:58:20 from 159.212.71.200
I knew you'd have some sort of strategic reasoning!
From Kam on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:31:36 from 68.66.163.179
You should fatten up for the first 14, then lose the weight with a strategically timed puke, and finish the last 12 light and fast. It would make for some dramatic photos, anyway.
From allie on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:40:56 from 161.38.218.168
bib #1. :)
From Jake K on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:56:41 from 155.100.226.191
And now I'm apparently from the part of Sallt Lake w/ 2 "L"s
Can't beat the bib this time. Just gotta not do any worse than the bib #.
From Michael Finch on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 17:56:20 from 75.169.198.37
gosh, your two mile tempo was just one second slower than my time trial :) you're going to nail this race. Good luck!
From Jake K on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 18:04:41 from 67.177.11.154
I was running downhill on the road and you were running on a XC course - you would have won this battle Mike!!
From Michael Finch on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 18:37:08 from 75.169.198.37
Hey i have a question. do you have a specific diet you eat the week before a big race or do you just eat regular and drink tons of water?
From Jake K on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 18:41:11 from 67.177.11.154
Regular food and try to drink slightly more water and slightly less diet mountain dew :-) Although I believe the dew helps me in the grand scheme of things... it makes me more radical.
I believe that the body craves routine and functions best when you "live like a clock" and just do the same stuff over and over again - the things you eat before you do hard workouts are just fine for big races too. The main thing, especially when racing 5K/10K, is just making sure you don't do anything that gives you a sidestitch.
From Jason D on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 18:42:58 from 24.1.80.94
I was going to put something witty about you tapering, but I see see Bam, Allie, and Kam have it covered.
From Michael Finch on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 18:50:06 from 75.169.198.37
thats a good point. cause if you do anything that makes you have sideaches your race is most likely killed.
thanks for the advice, i think i might start up on some mountain dew :)
From By-run on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 19:32:22 from 208.66.33.215
@ mike. Looks like the secret to success isent as far off as one might think! Twinkies and mountain dew;)
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