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Thu, Jan 07, 2010
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TM at Aqt Center during lunch. Did hill intervals. 2 min hill/2 min flat all at 5.2. Hills progressed in increments of 1 from 1 to 7. Felt great. Probably ought to do at a faster speed next time.

I am getting excited about Painters. My plan is to run 14 this Saturday, then 7 the following Saturday and then the next Saturday is race day. Is that too much of a taper??

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From Rhett on Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 15:17:46 from 216.67.211.75

Sounds like a good plan to me. Hopeflly you will show up with fresh legs and ready for a great race. Are you shooting for a PR?

From Smooth on Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 15:36:48 from 174.23.217.47

NICE hill intervals. Pron8 taught me this in running hills: pump your arms, somehow the legs will follow. Something I'm still learning to do.

Your taper plan sounds good to me!

From Mack on Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 18:51:25 from 71.111.182.118

Rhett- I think I have a reasonable chance at a pr, especially if the race is not too hilly, but mostly I just want to have fun and hopefully meet a few fellow forumites. Have you run it before? Is it hilly?

Smooth, Thanks for passing on the pron8er tip. I'll try it out on my next run with hills.

From Rhett on Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 19:44:17 from 74.32.208.70

Mack, I ran it last year for my first time. To be honest I really did not like the course and swore I would not run it again, but the lure of seeing forum friends has brought me back. Yes there are a few big hills in the middle and some of the race is run through neighborhoods without the roads being closed so you are dodging cars as you are trying to run the tangents crossing back and forth on the road. It's probably not an ideal PR course, but that doesn't mean it can't be done.

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