(Shorts, bra, footwear, socks, tank)
Morning! The 10k time trial is over, which suggests race day is getting shut. We do that identical course two weeks earlier than each marathon, and it’s a terrific marker to see the place we’re in our coaching.
We began at 6:30 am and did a 4.1-mile w/u.
I had two slices of bread at 6 am, and a Maurten Caffeine gel at 7 am.
We stopped for some water earlier than we set to work! I had some associates going the identical tempo, and we had a pleasant pack to run with many of the means. It was extraordinarily onerous, however I felt in command of the tempo.
I’m a giant fan of mendacity on the bottom after a tough exercise.
I took one other gel and did a cool-down to hit 16 miles for the day. Zero abdomen cramps like I did the week earlier than and I’m feeling very optimistic that’s as a result of I solely had Maurten gels in the course of the run.
I’m excited in regards to the progress I’ve made on this 10k course! For Boston this yr (I wasn’t on this Strava account), I hit a 6:05 common tempo, so a 9 seconds per mile enchancment on Saturday excited me!
My RRCA race predictor chart says I’ll run round a 2:50 for my marathon with this 10k time, however I additionally know the 10k isn’t my energy.
So as an alternative of race predictor charts, I’ll concentrate on the progress!
PS for this course we undergo 5 stoplights and I’ve all the time been very fortunate to by no means need to cease in the course of the time trial.
I didn’t do energy (tapering that, too!), however I did loads of restoration (right here’s my checklist of favorites).
Soccer video games all through the day (Knox wished Andrew to throw him up like he throws up Beck)…
And the spotlight of the weekend was a BYU Ladies’s soccer sport!
A cougar tail is a should for us at any byu occasion.
We thought he can be exhausted, however he thrived, staying up well beyond his bedtime.
Sunday was laid again with haircuts and simply hanging out outdoors as a lot as potential!
Fall is within the air.
What race size would you say is your energy, and which one is your weak spot?
Do race predictors really feel like they’re fairly correct for you? The one in your garmin?
Do you reside by any schools or universities? Fan of school sports activities?
How usually do you eat bananas?
