10/4 -- Five mile race in 28:50, 3rd overall, 1st in AG. I had no expectations for this because the previous eight days constituted my most demanding stretch of training all year. The course is flat but it got rather warm and humid right before the start. Furthermore, all of the standing around at the starting line basically ruined any warm-up benefits. As a result, I went out comfortably hard and then shut it down for the last three miles. "Shut it down" means going from a 5:33 pace to a 5:55 pace. This was entirely by design; if I tapered, if the weather had cooperated, and if the race started on time, I think a sub-28 would have been possible. But none of that stuff happened.
10/7 -- 24 min easy to the WHS track, 12 laps in lane 5 alternating easy and 200m accelerations, 20 min easy to home. Still have a little cumulative tiredness in the legs but the track work felt great.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
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Shoot.. I wish I knew you went to the track yesterday. Maybe I wouldn't have been such as slacker.
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