Up at 5:30, forced down some coffee, read about the dismal Sox performance (Lowell is useless in the field now), then out to the exquisite Walpole HS track. The workout: 5.6K tempo, 3:30 jog recovery, then another 5.6K tempo.
Perfect running conditions -- gotta love that, but still I had to de-shirt for the second half because I'm such a sweat generator. The tempo splits were 20:22 (5:51.2 per mile) and 20:27 (5:52.6). According to Daniels' VDOT chart my tempo pace should be 5:54 - 5:59 so, yeah, a tad too fast.
I feel like I'm still headed for a sub-2:50 at NYC, but who knows... I've felt this way on several prior occasions and failed. The 10/4 race was supposed to be my final tune-up but now I'm considering the Canton 10K on 10/25. It's a hilly course so if I can do reasonably well there it would be a great confidence builder.
Friday, October 9, 2009
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