Wind & rain...just like every time I’ve ran Boston so I guess it was a good simulation:) Today was a long tempo effort. I tried to run a fine line between trying to hit my pace and not letting my HR get too high. I started off with my Gamin saying my performace condition was +5 which is awesome. I was supprised since my body is tired, but it was a confidence boost starting the workout.
The first few miles felt much harder than I anticipated and I knew it was going to be a suffer fest for the next hour. I really struggled to lower my pace and wondered why because the effort was there. The workout was supposed to feel like the last 10 miles of a marathon since I was running on tired legs, but also like I could have gone a couple more miles at that pace. I would say that was accurate, although I'm so glad it was only 10 miles. It seemed impossible to lower my pace against the wind on the way back without getting into a lactate threshold zone (>181bpm.) Really, I dipped into that zone more than I would have liked and if I do that on race day, I'll be toast by the last 10k, a feeling I'm all too familar with. Today was really hard to measure and keep a balance of my effort/pace/HR. Woof.
I have a 12 mile tempo next week so hopefully it will be better conditions to test out my pace again.
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