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Ragnar Wasatch Back Relay

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Altra Instinct 1.5 Lifetime Miles:						83.50
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Saucony Guide 7 Blue 2 Lifetime Miles:						376.95
Saucony Fastwitch 6 Lifetime Miles:						200.05
Saucony Guide 7 Black 1 Lifetime Miles:						271.15

Fri, Jun 19, 2009

Race: Ragnar Wasatch Back Relay (3.4 Miles) 00:24:59

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
0.00	3.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.40

I ran leg 8 of the Wasatch Back Relay about 7:00pm. It didn't seem overly warm until I started running, but with this cool spring I haven't done much heat running and with the temperature in the 70-80 range it quickly seemed quite warm.

This was a short 3.4 mile leg rated easy. It was level to slightly downhill for two miles then gained about 150 ft. in the last 1.5 miles of gradual uphill. My mile splits were: 6:48 (adrenalin), 7:11 (heat), 8:00 (uphill), 7:36/mi for last 0.4 (kick). I passed 10 other runners and was not passed.

I'll log my other two legs in tomorrow's entry.

Saucony Tangent Miles: 3.40

Comments

From Jon A on Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 16:57:08 from 74.81.243.250

Good leg Paul. I always find those first few runs in heat hard. I think you handled it perfect.

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